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The rise of the left-wing language police

17 October 2020

5:16 AM

17 October 2020

5:16 AM

This week, after many hours of questioning during the Senate hearings deciding her nomination, Judge Amy Coney Barrett used the term ‘sexual preference’ in passing. Her hearings had been so staid and her performance so even-keeled that the use of the term became a huge deal as no other excitement was forthcoming.

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