First silence. Then denial. Then support of the insupportable. Then vilification of the dissenters. The pattern is as old as time. (Andrew Sullivan)

First silence. Then denial. Then support of the insupportable. Then vilification of the dissenters. The pattern is as old as time.

Andrew Sullivan

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