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This has to be one of the more disgusting things to come out of this wingnut's mouth. Sorry Ben, but pointing out the hateful rhetoric that Trump spews day after day isn't "victim shaming." ...

History underscores the paradox of allowing a nuclear North Korea and denying Iran similar weapons.

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But is democracy really equivalent to “good”? Alas, I must take issue with that.