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The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family or in popular attitudes regarding abortion, crime, busing, and the school curriculum.

Christopher Lasch

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Christopher Lasch
Age: 61 †
Born: 1932
Born: June 1
Died: 1994
Died: February 14
Historian
Journalist
Social Critic
Sociologist
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Robert Christopher Lasch
Defense
Regarding
Crime
Bigotry
Attitude
Attitudes
Family
Superstitions
Left
Racist
School
Abortion
Nothing
Popular
Curriculum
Sees
Superstition

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