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I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored.

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Tony Campolo
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: February 25
Author
Pastor
Sociologist
Theologian
University Teacher
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Ignored
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