I am not interested in hearing out the ideas of the far rig… - Laurie Penny

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I am not interested in hearing out the ideas of the far right, because there are no new ideas on the far right. There are only new recruits. And every time progressives sacrifice the public good on the altar of personal purity, there will be more.

Laurie Penny

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Laurie Penny (born Laura Barnett; 28 September 1986) is an English columnist, author and feminist activist. Their first published work Meat Market is a Marxist-Feminist book discussing the nature of capitalism and patriarchy to the oppression of women.

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Alternative Names: Penny Red • PennyRed • Laura Barnett

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