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Okay — this is so odd I had to share it. The KKK fighting Westboro Baptist<\/a>? Somehow, I can’t see this as a win for anyone, but you have to admit: free speech certainly is alive (and weird?) in the US of A…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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