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Frankly, liberals are out of the habit of communicating with anyone outside their own in cohort. We have a cultural problem with self-righteousness and elitism.

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Naomi Wolf
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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Naomi R. Wolf
Naomi Rebekah Wolf
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