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Until you're prepared to kill your parents, you're not really prepared to change the country because our parents are our first oppressors.

Jerry Rubin

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Jerry Rubin
Age: 56 †
Born: 1938
Born: July 14
Died: 1994
Died: November 28
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Cincinnati
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Jerry Clyde Rubin
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