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#159 The John Birch Society was the Original Moms for Liberty
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The John Birch Society in Sarasota
Bob Greene: Local democratic institutions are often highly susceptible to the bullying actions of just a small number of extremists. A handful of people who want to be belligerent and intimidate and be disruptive is fairly easy to do, he says. The John Birch Society in Sarasota accused local schools administrators of enacting a Unitarian conspiracy which I'm pretty sure is a complete contradiction. There was nothing actually incriminating in the textbooks so that led them to seek the firing of various administrators. And really this thing didn't burn itself out for five or six years after they had conducted their witch hunts.
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