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"He stared at me with this kind of dead-pan expression," Straka told The Epoch Times. "And he said: Are you planning to use this equipment for alt-right purposes?'"
As Straka struggled to comprehend what was happening, the clerk, whom Straka asked not be named, said: "I'm sorry I just don't feel comfortable selling to you. I can't sell to you." -Epoch Times
"Writers should be judged first by the quality of the content of their prose, not their identity. If we forget this, then the world of literature will be much poorer, and with the loss of this source of consolation, so will we all."Lionel Shriver is the author of books such as We Need to Talk About Kevin and others. Shriver is not afraid to write about difficult and often disturbing subjects. She is also not afraid to raise her head above the parapet on things that she does not agree with. Unfortunately, in these times of perpetual outrage and flaunting of hurt feelings, that is a recipe for trouble. Shriver has feared for some time that her outspoken opinions and her obstreperous attitude to cultural dogmas might land her in hot water; she specifically said in an interview with Ben Domenech that her writing in the Spectator magazine might be what brings the outrage mob down on her. And so it has proved.
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