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@FlamingArrow79

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She/her; black, queer, lesbian whatever; baby GenXer; Above all, I try to be fair.

Joined October 2021
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@FlamingArrow79
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11 months
@thedigitaldash_ I also defend the Fahrenheit system of temperature measurement
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@FlamingArrow79
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2 years
@_Love_Nay @Guts_Glam_Glory They are the ones who keep making multi-million dollar deals for everyone and their mama to create mostly mediocre content...but sure me sharing with my mom who only watches occasionally is the problem
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@fairuzwhodat And then it'll become a top vacation destination where everyone raves about the beach and ignores the genocide memorials and apartheid/occupation museums
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@SarahKSilverman @MarciaBelsky If Israel cares so much about the hostages why are they bombing so indiscriminately? It seems to me that would put them in more danger not less and is the opposite of trying to bring them home.
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1 year
@shaTIRED The number of y'all who don't know that's not Taylor is hilarious
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@FlamingArrow79
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10 months
@leather_butch I liked being able to know who else was queer. When straight people use the term partner it's confusing.
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@mattxiv Every Pride event I go to I'm like why are all these straight people here? When did it become the Allies parade lol? This ain't WWII Thank god for dykes on bikes.
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@manndaraee @Bright19Rainbow @AmeriKraut Or maybe they do know how good they have it and want to keep it that way. Maybe Americans should have also protested when our retirement age was increased to damn near 70.
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@LikeaStar1032 She has also talked about how hard it was for her to land acting roles and almost giving up before Girlfriends. I think maturity and success breeds more confidence to own and celebrate your parents. She doesn't have to prove herself anymore.
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@KamperKenz @crissles I think people are overusing the word "friendship." Some think that anyone you have cordial interactions with on the regular is a friend. But real friendship takes effort just like any other love relationship.
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@IRIDEtheTWIST @ulxma Random strangers talk about Pac all the time but one of the people who knew him longest and best is not supposed to utter his name not even when prompted. Okay.๐Ÿ™„
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@KING_Jaszi @crissles This is not just an introvert issue. The girl herself could be an introvert. We like quality time with our close friends and if they don't show up we get hurt too.
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@bannandous @kelleent And it still applies. Racism and misogyny both stem from a desire to oppress and often use the same strategies to do so
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@itslynxie @anamestic @thedigitaldash_ Portland, OR I'm looking at you.
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@SGT_Sox @msolurin Pro-tip: ask the women around you if they ever miscarried and how it happened before inserting your opinion.
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1 year
@alexjbond @edzitron @BBW_BFF And people who write for a living
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@nhoodpublicist I have been perplexed by all the children heading to the theaters for this. Not that any of the material is objectionable. It just seems that the humor and message would go over their heads.
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@theZan_ @KimberlyNFoster And so are transwomen
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5 months
@fairylilymyth You mean the lady who voted to go to war over some fictional WMDs? The young people were right back then too.
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@TomWTheSecond @uncooljerk I don't think it has to do with puritanism. Plenty of Americans smoked until the 80s, when there were massive public health prevention campaigns. (Not to mention exposรฉs on the complicity of Big Tobacco in addicting the masses.)
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@notcapnamerica This is what I don't understand about American's reactions to what's happening in Israel and Gaza. In our own country little children are gunned down in their classrooms and we haven't done anything to prevent it besides thoughts and prayers.
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@AfroMusicology @roramdin In the suburbs and rural areas this is definitely true. But it's a great time to learn how to make your own coffee...I am fascinated by the infinite number of ways to do it.
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@YourBoyOps @fairuzwhodat South Africa might beg to differ
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1 year
@notcapnamerica He's trying to be complimentary of Michael but is really just racist and patronizing. White liberalism at its finest.
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@LGBTQPete If you have been paying attention, you'd know that in recent months Hillary Clinton has used her platform to repeat Israeli propaganda. Just because she's not in an office anymore doesn't mean she doesn't have the power of influence.
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1 year
@lefthandlolo @durandbernarr @TheAKPerspectiv Like racism but with free or super cheap healthcare? Okay.
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@SbCarbolic @Liamjsm Tell me you know nothing about organizing without telling me you know nothing about organizing.
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2 years
@MSUnatte_ice @jazz_inmypants Y'all act like packing up and moving is easy for everyone.
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@slyfield_john @LexiAlex Then maybe Biden should do something to prevent the person who is supposedly worse from getting elected rather than doing whatever he can to lose.
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@scriptsbyluna @safalucian @bad_dominicana She's 20 years old and when he was accused she was much younger than that. Of course a kid wants to believe the best of their dad.
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2 years
I want Olivia to tell Elliot about Lewis. I don't want it to get skipped over.
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1 year
@manndaraee @Bright19Rainbow @AmeriKraut And that's what Macron is telling the French people now. That if they don't raise the age now, there won't be enough for people to take their pension in the future. The question is, is it really true? Are there alternatives like taxing billionaires?
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@YoureAnnoying24 @ladidaix @DEJACKS43492044 She didn't fall into an "agenda." Hers is an act of self-liberation not some man telling her how she needs to look.
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@2RawTooReal I just saw half a person's dead body buried in rubble and you're dismissing it like it's something insignificant.
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@OKen_Ishii @BritniDWrites @deray No one is assaulting you with their business. No one put a gun to your head and told you to watch RTT on Facebook, read Will's book, or click on those exaggerated headlines the gossip blogs bait you with
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@OgLakyn My grandfather had multiple wives on paper and multiple outside children with women he didn't bother to "marry."
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@YoureAnnoying24 @ladidaix @DEJACKS43492044 All your little gif proves is that you've never paid any attention to anything Janelle had said during their entire career
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@deaux6 Noncompliance? Are you running a prison or a healthcare facility?
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@snarrly_ Like have they ever heard of jazz?
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@arakkisuperstar Saying that coworkers are not your friends is not the same thing as saying "don't be a team player, be an asshole." There are ways to contribute to a positive culture without being buddy buddy with your coworkers.
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@ace72484675 @BrianMcLight Prince and Michael--two of the greatest performers who ever lived--both suffering from chronic pain and ultimately dying trying to manage it is not a coincidence and is a lesson I hope she has learned and trying to avoid.
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@GucciLovesSusie How is knowing whether you should address some as Ms., Mr., or Mx unprofessional? What's unprofessional is making assumptions.
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@notcapnamerica She would be so funny if she wasn't a racist.
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@leather_butch I'm a black queer person. Wanting to know who I have the highest chance of being safe with seems reasonable to me.
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@moonlighttsouls @keyon I think plenty of writers and directors have unique ideas but producers want to go with what will make them the most money.
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@LeosTolstoy @_celia_bedelia_ Oh because it doesn't look exactly like your experience it's not abusive?
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@cakewithmoxie @Karnythia Black [American] people don't always mean "cold" as a critique. It's just calling a thing a thing ..and sometimes it's even a compliment. "Ex. That's cooooold-blooded"
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@eyethot7 @brownandbella @beetaylora Reading comprehension and reading critically are not the same. Not all colleges are created equal so if you're getting a high school experience at college maybe it's time for a transfer or at least a class switch.
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@vijayvinyl Because no one asked for words. People asked for action. No one asked for temporary. The ask was for permanent. Just because you haven't been paying attention doesn't mean people changed their tunes.
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@Abbaskolasanusi @UN_News_Centre Or just kick out the US. (I say this as an American citizen)
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@PlushV03 @IWriteAllDay_ Most black americans have colonizer blood in our veins. Not just the light-skinned ones.
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@frijoliz I don't think inactivity and disorganization is the issue here. The last four months have been filled with organized protests in the streets, in legislative chambers in hallways, at political events.
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It's really wild to me that last year we had a showrunner who had blocked 95% of us and shit all over the EO ship onscreen and off and now we got a dude writing love pEOms and you're still complaining like make it make sense.
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@GAintheUSA @DanielleV_89 @_celia_bedelia_ Neither should wearing a bathing suit when you're a pro surfer
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@shaTIRED He's also simply annoying as a DJ
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@Murwillumbahdr1 @YourBoyOps @fairuzwhodat Never said it was a Paradise. But it is a popular vacation destination for people who like to swim with sharks, drink wine, and go on safari but never acknowledge the history of the country they're in.
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@Penny_J_Thomas Who are the "people" who are saying that?
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1 year
@NannNegroNever @sjs856 Adults had a much harder time with masks than the children.
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@OgLakyn I asked my mom once why none of the elders were hassling me about dating or getting married she said "marriage doesn't run in the family" ๐Ÿ’€
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@90sbenson Picked her up and everything. Like that kid isn't big enough to walk lol
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1 year
Is Olivia's loyalty to Stabler really blind, though? Or is it Eyes Wide Open? She knows all his flaws , probably more than anyone else. She can name them, has thrown them in his face in anger, but still chooses to have his back when it counts. That's something, but not blind.
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Are Richard and Angela Wheatley meant to be the criminal alter-egos to Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson? ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿค”
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@TheFabBookLover @kattenbarge What did they do to cause you pain? How have they effected your life at all?
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@_hotc0c0 In some indigenous communities it is normal for kids to effectively be raised by the elders in their village rather than their parents because infants and elders are both closest to the other world and both have wisdom to share with each other. It's a mutual exchange.
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@GAintheUSA @kari_farmer @_celia_bedelia_ Really? If you are sober and your partner is not drinking very much will impact your relationship.
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@ldragoon Is genocide a "pet interest" or...?
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@IBJIYONGI I don't know if Beyoncรฉ is front of mind for Palestinians. It seems to me that the people criticizing Beyoncรฉ are also taking up a lot of space when there are far more impactful targets for their attention.
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@DaricCott And once again, white people cut off their nose to spite their face. Cause they're paying too. They never learn.
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@Madison77712421 @Mp4Nefertem You have a very low bar for what you consider to be feminism.
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2 years
@Rosa_taxidriver @youngsinick She did acknowledge her --in the credits.
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@weyodi @_chismosa_ most people who do it are doing between academic years or right after graduation. You don't need vacation days to do it if you were only working to save up for it in the first place. You just quit. Easier to do before you have real responsibilities.
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@jonofathens @davidsabryg He's on video mixing up Egypt and Mexico and claiming he spoke to Mitterand from Germany. When Mitterand is French and been dead a long time. This is just in the last week.
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@IanByer1 @KingNerdKuma Hmm, I guess that's why my local gelato shop just followed me there. The hazelnut is trying to date me.
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Side note: I really wish black people would say "fuck racist tropes" and enjoy our watermelon out loud and in public. Don't let white supremacy steal those juicy slices of joy. ๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿ‰
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It's almost like symbols don't have the same meaning all over the world and are not static. It's almost as though American exceptionalism is a thing that some of you need to grapple with? Guess what? The world doesn't revolve around you.
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@ifiwerearoy @DaricCott Seeing the trailer before Renaissance is what actually made me want to see it on the big screen. They also showed it before the Color Purple but I haven't seen advertising anywhere else. Maybe that's more the problem.
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@MatchThisFly @thecityofjules They are on Twitter and swear up and down we are "Native Americans." Never met one in the wild, though, and hopefully never will.
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@islamocommunism this was a big reason I quit grad school. The cognitive dissonance you have to have to get paid to deconstruct power and inequity while abusing your power and reinforcing inequity was too much for me. I didn't hate my professors, but I was disillusioned and disappointed.
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@kenpachikeem @ilariafanmj @SomaKazima This is a video from high school. She's been married to Will for over two decades.
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"Gillian got very angry with me and I wasn't sure why that was." It's still fuck this guy. He's worse than Dick Wolf cause he won't shut up.
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SO UHHHโ€ฆ. CHRIS CARTER JUST SAID SOMETHING VERY DETRIMENTAL ABOUT THE LAST SCENE OF SEASON 11โ€ฆ. #txf #msr
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@WrittenByHanna The first black panther had a lot of promo too
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@carmenBwifemom @OmarBaddar @atrupar Comparison is not co-optation.
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@frijoliz What we are learning, if we didn't know already, is how deeply our government does not care about what we think when it comes to Israel. Their loyalty is to that country above all no matter what. We have a President who is willing to lose his election over Israel.
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@JaminKCreates @RaquelWillis_ I really wish that people understand when we talk about whiteness in the context of capitalism and individualism, we are talking about an ideology--not your favorite white artist or good white friend.
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I just want Elliot Stabler to go to therapy and remember that his teenage son just suffered a second major tragedy in less than a year and had to be talked out of jumping off a bridge instead of playing mind games with Richard Wheatley.
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@TheChiz88 @cocohunnie @ReignOfApril And she has very directly drawn the line in interviews when people have inquired about Will's perspective, Will's future and said "that's his story to tell"
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I wish the OC writers were putting as much thought into the show as Ruth Barret is putting into the score.
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@mairaserra @ambernoelle Guess you're going to have to see the movie if you want to know the answer
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@JamesEdwards868 @AshleyShyMiller I guess you live in Will's head
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@AgingWhiteGay @davenewworld_2 People are allowed to pause or be triggered by familiar images without believing that it has anything to do with them. This isn't uniquely American.
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@king_moodyy @prettyjoyful08 @Phil_Lewis_ They are complete strangers without any real impact on his life. Ignore them and take your issues up privately with your partner and shrink like an adult.
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@falaffyshicries @charmedcircles ...but they're black so...
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8 months
@adamj_griff Last time I checked it was not Gen Z who came up with the black and white thinking of "you're either with us or against us" that led to bullshit like "freedom fries" and a 20-year war in Afghanistan.
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@ronny8D @neighborrunner The conservatives were the only ones talking about it in the first place. It was always a political bogey man. CRT is a niche subject taught in universities. And they didn't stop that from happening. They just moved on to DEI.
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@FJLightning007 @dlaniger22 @hesbianbigby All that tweeting back and forth you did in the time you could have looked it up though lol
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@ZeusHamiltonSV @theashleyray Just say you hate your parents
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2 years
@imjeremytho @kylandyoung @notcapnamerica But white people continue to benefit from systemic inequity whether or not they were there. (Not that it needs to be explained to a child this age but white adults need to grasp it.)
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@Facts0601 I've never even identified as a leftist, but you Vote Blue No Matter What Democrats talk more disdainfully about the Left than Republicans do and it's making me side-eye all of y'all
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@RobcydhT @notcapnamerica There's no excuse for kicking out a child who has not hurt or threatened anyone in the house. It's wild to me that you think this is acceptable for anyone to do. When you choose to bring a child into this world it is your responsibility to love them. Not kill their spirit.
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@OhNoSheTwitnt Queer black woman who does DEI work ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿพ over here who very much stake in this game. They are equally bad. Just differently bad.
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@MikiMullor @simonerzim Do you not know that most universities in America have multi faith centers and/or chapels? This isn't some new development.
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