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The liberal idea of tolerance is more and more a kind of intolerance. What it means is 'Leave me alone don't harass me I'm intolerant towards your over-proximity.

Slavoj Žižek

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Slavoj Žižek
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: March 21
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