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# William Forbes "The country has always been...full of coercive...

*March 8, 2025 — Comment Archer T. Ships replied to William Forbes's comment.*

William Forbes "The country has always been...full of coercive busybodies eager to use state power to smash their neighbors whose conduct, creed, or ethnicity did not please them. "
