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" People who are for diversity of thought, actually, are okay with hearing some opinions that they don't like. I quite literally see none of that on the Left. "

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" You can Google me, and I'm pretty sure the first thing that comes up is 'gay,' so that's out there, and I'm proud of that. "

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" Think about your friends on the Left - are they tolerant of people who aren't for gay marriage? Or of people who are pro-life? These used to be just political differences, and now they are a referendum on what type of person you are and whether you can be in someone's life at all. "

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