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For the Left, tolerance does not mean tolerance. It means first, acceptance. And second, celebration. That is totalitarianism: You not only have to live with what you may differ with, dear citizen, you have to celebrate it or pay a steep price.

Dennis Prager

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Dennis Prager
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 2
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