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She could always apologize in such a backhanded way as one of my conservative neighbors did to me after saying he thought I was gay, to others of his ilk, because I failed to embrace his advances; the apology was along this line:
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"I'm sorry if you felt badly after I told everyone in (name of larger town next to mine) that you s__k d__s. "
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And I'm almost quite certain most of those conservatives otherwise offended would go back to business &/or pleasure as usual. Most of that haters-ilk like to believe they have God in their pocket; when more often they have a bundle of sticks and coal as gift to their graven plastic hayzus.
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When a public official offends the sensibilities of an entire region, why can't everyone evict them from office? ;)