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Igel

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2. Big tents do that.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 03:39 PM

Dec 24

Fellow travellers are all well and nice, often needed for an electoral majority, and excuses can be made for authoritarian or anti-Semitic/racist views ... Until it's clear they're not just guests but at home and protected.

Ambiguity is often a coalition's friend.

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Scratches head on this one................... Lovie777 Dec 24 #1

Big tents do that. Igel Dec 24 #2