What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that…

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What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents. ✨ Robert F. Kennedy (1967). The quotable Robert F. Kennedy
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