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Arthur Brooks on Rejecting Contempt: “If you have contempt for ‘them,’ more and more people will become ‘them.’”

By Filings on Tue, 03/19/19
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Bert Perry

NewGonna say it...

Tue, 03/19/19

Lessons for separatist fundamentalism?

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

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