Perhaps the only way not to expose oneself to vocal and over-the-top hatred on the internet?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nGeorge Bernard Shaw<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m afraid, even though I\u2019m not English, that I know exactly what he\u2019s talking about. \u00a0It doesn\u2019t happen only in England.<\/p>\n
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