Vexed by Online Bigots' Language? Psychologists Say They Want You to Be

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	Vexed by Online Bigots' Language? Psychologists Say They Want You to Be

Catshade

12-22-2008 10:02 AM

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12-22-2008 11:27 AM

dmegivern

Often it seems only about one half of humanity has evolved. Case in point, the trolls on Clipmarks that get a charge out of using racist language. Sick, sick, sick

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