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If you’re interested why the Left not only tolerates obviously insane ideas and movements but actually brings them front and center the ZMan will explain it to you.\u00a0 He quotes Voltaire who said \u201cWhoever can make you accept absurdity can make you commit injustice.\u201d\u00a0 Allowing parents to sexually mutilate their children to prove we believe in transgenderism is the clearest example of this.\u00a0 We have reached the point where utter madness is presented as merciful kindness to the afflicted.\u00a0 1984 had the scene where the torturer in chief is presented as a priestly, kindly figure inflicting horrific punishment for the heretic’s own good.\u00a0 We are there.<\/p>\n

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