I believe there's something very salutary in, say, beating up a gay-bashing policeman. Preferably one fights through the courts, through the laws, through education, but if at a neighborhood level violence is necessary, I'm all for violence. It's the only thing Americans understand.
Gore VidalVitriolic is a needless and malign attack on something, excessive attack on something. It is a rather pointless thing to do.
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