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Standing up to the North American colossus and its despised leader was, of course, a massive boost for Lula’s domestic popularity and, if anything, sealed Bolsonaro’s fate.

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It’s a massive overreach for global power and influence, at a moment when he is widely despised virtually everywhere, and a complete rejection of the entire legacy of post-World War II internationalism.

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The despised Other is often the migrant or refugee, to whom many evil intentions and actions are imputed.

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His human creator programmed this into them, giving Roy and the Replicants who join him in rebellion a reason to despise mankind.

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And so is one of Deion Sanders’ sons, but not the one so many folks seem to love to despise.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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