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“I certainly didn't emerge from prison regretting anything I ever wrote, nor did I feel remorse for my crime in the least.”

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Jim Goad

Jim Goad, born on June 12, 1961, is a British author known for his work on historical, cultural, and political topics. His writings are characterized by a unique perspective and sharp commentary. more

“I can't tell you how many times people - through the anonymity and safety of the Internet, of course - have told me 'You beat women' as if it was an ongoing, daily thing. The only person ever brave enough to say it to my face quickly surrendered his courage when I said, 'Would you like to step outside and see if I can beat men, too?'”

People Ifs Men Persons Said I Can Enough Faces Courses Steps Internet Beats Safety Brave Ongoing Anonymity

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“Unlike the vast majority of people, I've been locked in a box like an animal and I've also been on the receiving end of bloody thrashings, so I feel uniquely qualified to judge which is worse.”

People Feels Ends Animal Judging Majority Boxes Receiving Locked Bloody Qualified

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“There were people whom I considered friends or loved ones who either abandoned me or betrayed me in ways I'd never have suspected. But there were others who had been barely acquaintances of mine whose loyalty and efforts on my behalf made me realize that not everyone was as inherently rotten as I'd previously believed. So it caused a violent split in my view of humanity - people turned out to be far worse and far better than I'd ever dreamed possible.”

People Way Made Humanity Realizing Views Effort Mines Loyalty Violent Abandoned Loved Ones Splits Betrayed Behalf Acquaintance Rotten

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“I'm still an obsessive personality, and I still think I'm right, and I still believe my literary balls hang far lower than nearly anyone else's alive.”

Thinking Believe Stills Alive Personality Balls Obsessive I Still Believe

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“More than most, I believe I'm highly attuned to how heresies eventually become mainstream belief systems and how the vast majority of people who consider themselves 'edgy' are those who only embraced radical ideas LONG after it became safe for them to do so.”

People Believe Long Ideas Belief I Believe Safe Majority Radical Mainstream Heresy Belief Systems Edgy Radical Ideas

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“I tend not to hang with 'the crowd' because I believe that at any given moment in history, the crowd is only standing somewhere because some lone, brave nutjob broke down the walls for them first.”

Firsts Believe Moments Given I Believe Wall Standing Brave Crowds Broke Lone

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“It's not exactly courageous to be an anti-racist these days; a hundred years ago, it was.”

Years Hundred Years Ago These Days Racist Courageous Anti Racist

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“Nowadays, you suffer the same risks - ostracism, career loss, possible assault - for being perceived as racist that you would have encountered a century ago for daring to question racist ideology.”

Suffering Loss Careers Risk Century Ideology Racist Daring Assault Ostracism

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