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lunatic fringe Noun the members of a group who adopt views regarded as extreme
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Translations lunatic fringe lunatic n the lunatic fringe → die Extremisten pl |
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306) And, finally, Lerner shows how "cynical realism" has depicted environmentalists as a lunatic fringe, when in fact a broad consensus exists that caring for the environment ought to be a top political priority, based on a sense that "the earth is our common wealth, on loan from God. But the piece that is in many ways the most telling is a brief article in the Minneapolis Tribune from November, 1967, at a time when distance runners were still considered part of the lunatic fringe. This proposition should not find voice outside the lunatic fringe of political discourse--certainly not in the pages of Catholic Insight. |
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