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Prejudice usually can't survive close contact with the people who are supposed to be so despicable, which is why the propagandists for hate always preach separation.

Patrick Califia

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Patrick Califia
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: March 8
Writer
Corpus Christi
Texas
People
Prejudice
Survive
Contact
Supposed
Propagandists
Close
Propagandist
Usually
Despicable
Hate
Preach
Always
Separation

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