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Originally Posted by powerclown
Reminds me of what Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote in The Gulag Achipelago...seems the masses at a meeting were introduced to Josef Stalin, and began applauding. And applauding. And applauding. Because you see, they realized that the first one to stop would get a Makarov bullet to the head.
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I would like at this time to put forth the motion for a vote to invoke the Dodds Corollary, where Stalinism stands in for Nazism.
Once the vote has passed, I strongly suggest continuing a sensible discussion of President Barack Obama as the face of the Democratic Party of the United States of America.
Thank you.
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