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• “One of the Bible's best-known examples of how we are to embrace the downtrodden is in the parable of the Good Samaritan.”

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• “But to cloak one's personal gripes, however subconsciously, in the cloak of solidarity with all downtrodden is just plain disingenuous -- to use the nicest word.”

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• “It’s perhaps of even greater interest to note that this Jewish support for the downtrodden is almost exclusively done on behalf of groups that are not Jewish.”

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• ““People see conservatives as not caring about the downtrodden, which is not true” said McCombs, who said conservatism was about empowering people to succeed for themselves — she mentioned she was especially disappointed with UW students who had protested the state legislature asking for more tuition assistance.”

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• “Sitting in a coffee house expounding on the lightness of being, while you quote esoteric quotes to prove how in touch you are with the downtrodden is the equivalent of a hot breeze on a hot day; annoying and needless.”

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• “But it is different, for the privileged classes of the past were probably not much superior biologically to the downtrodden, which is why revolutions had a fair chance of success.”

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• “Referring to naxalism, she said denial of social and economic justice to the downtrodden was the reason for the marginalised sections being misled to the extremist path.”

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• “Obituary > The downtrodden are the future: remembering Father Gerry Memorial for Father Jean-Juste Saturday, June 27, 7 p.m., at”

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• “Also problematic for this former military-wife turned champion of the downtrodden is the odd tension between her new Republican fan base and her own affection for”

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• “That Chaplin was actually a gentile was beside the point: in the eyes of an Aryan nationalist, the comedian's cosmopolitanism and identification with the downtrodden were the essence of Semitic subversion.”

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