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In Our Racist, Sexist Society, Christmas Is The 8 Hours When We Stop Killing Each Other And Gratuitous Over Eating Is Encouraged So That The Starving And Other People In The World Can Die!

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In Our Racist, Sexist

Lloyd Kaufman

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In Our Racist, Sexist Society, Christmas Is The 8 Hours When We Stop Killing Each Other And Gratuitous Over Eating Is Encouraged So That The Starving And Other People In The World Can Die!

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