There is a strain of the left that is really invested in show trials and purity testing and virtue signaling... And would rather lose surrounded by perfect allies than win with an army that includes imperfect allies.
Dan Savage
— Dan Savage
Sex advice columnist and gay rights campaigner
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Dan Savage was a contemporary American sex advice columnist and gay rights campaigner. Daniel Keenan Savage is an American author, media pundit, journalist, and LGBTQ community activist. He writes Savage Love, an internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice column. Read more on Wikipedia →

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