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Thu Jul 16, 2020, 12:31 PM Jul 2020

Looking for Conformity? Check Out the Far-Left Mickey Z.


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Mickey Z. -- World News Trust
July 13, 2020

Consider this an intervention.

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In his Fourth of July speech at Mount Rushmore, the president spoke of “far-left fascism that demands absolute allegiance.” He continued: “If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite its mantras, and follow its commandments, then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted, and punished.”

What’s that they say about how even a broken clock is exactly right twice a day?



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The date was Jan. 12, 2013. The location was Bluestockings Bookstore in New York City’s Lower East Side (a venue in which I haven’t felt welcome since 2015). The event was a literally overflowing, standing-room-only talk by yours truly. Every square inch of the store was jam-packed with “activists” of all stripes.

At some point, I declared: “I’m gonna go out on a limb and take a guess that the world has more than enough corporate lawyers, investment bankers, Wall Street executives, and real estate brokers. If you agree, clap your hands.”

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