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> [As an American, you have the right to protest me or another individual or a group, but I believe that protesting the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markwayne-mullin/as-an-american-you-have-the-right-to-protest-me-or-another-individual/)

[Markwayne Mullin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markwayne-mullin/)

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> [The neo-conservative critics of leftist critics of mass culture ridicule the protest against Bach as background music in the kitchen, against Plato…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-marcuse/the-neo-conservative-critics-of-leftist-critics-of-mass-culture/)

[Herbert Marcuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-marcuse/)

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