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Tough love or true love?
Column, Further In and Higher Up Layton Friesen 2025-03-28 Column, Further In and Higher Up Layton Friesen 2025-03-28

Tough love or true love?

♪We often hear about how angry and cruel public discussion has become today. But we often hear excuses for our bad manners. One excuse is to claim that, far from being rude, we are only showing “tough love.” Much cruelty is justified by those two words.

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