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Mike Adams in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts

By Allison Kasic

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November 21, 2006 2:07 PM

Hot off the heals of the botched David Horowitz pie incident, Mike Adams was greeted with dancing protesters in drag and chaos (complete with a ” racist, sexist, anti-gay; right-wing bigots go away” chant) when he visited UMass to give a lecture about feminism. Dr. Adams has a full account in his column today.

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