Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is the new knee-pad conservative,…

Edward Abbey
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Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is the new knee-pad conservative, always groveling before the rich and the powerful. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.21, RosettaBooks
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Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is the new knee-pad conservative, always groveling before the rich and the powerful. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.21, RosettaBooks

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