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		Rover222 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Iran students stage first large anti-government pr... "useful idiot" is not meant as a personal insult. It's a common idiom

dang 3 months ago [–]

It's obviously an insult, and when applied to a specific person, a personal one.

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