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  • It's an oximoron to accuse a minority in this country of lacking respect for the notion of equal justice – not because of their minority status, but because as a minority, they have never experienced equal justice and thus long for it.

    McConnell to vote against Sotomayor 2009

  • Can I be an unpatriotic American or is that an oximoron?

    Breaking: McCain Campaign "Concedes" That Obama Is Patriotic 2009

  • I think you're right when you say that American culture that may be an oximoron is ahistorical.

    number 42 2007

  • Clarice, this is the thing that I think is such an oximoron -- rich people thinking they're living "green" by buying alternative fuel cars or making their cabinets out of recycled something-or-other which cost them FAR more than a plain wooden cabinet.

    Green or Practical Living? Gumbo Lily 2007

  • Afganistan is directionless as we escalate toward an announced withdrawl … oximoron at best.

    Home/News 2010

  • BBC News feed works outside the UK this time … tax rises that are fair, that's an oximoron coming from a labour moron.

    politicalbetting.com 2010

  • To me, it is an oximoron; having such a beautiful environment littered with trash.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009

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