At some point the rhetoric ...

At some point the rhetoric runs out, and we have to ask ourselves, \'Are we simply going to standby while somebody\'s rhetoric is good, but their actions are so lousy?\' Are we going to stand up for that?
At some point the rhetoric runs out, and we have to ask ourselves, 'Are we simply going to standby while somebody's rhetoric is good, but their actions are so lousy?' Are we going to stand up for that?
 Matt Gonzalez

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