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For many on the right, the image of Bragg as a poster child for Democrat permissiveness stuck.

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Officials and pundits persistently attempt to redirect our attention on the housing crisis to drug use, mental health or progressive permissiveness.

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Without an investment in the therapeutic parts of the criminal legal system, we seem to be inclined toward one of two extremes — permissiveness or punitiveness.

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According to reports, the man said he thought "men could easily engage in sexual behaviour" at the event, which was known for its sexual permissiveness, and others who witnessed the incident did not stop him.

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Or is the era of permissiveness at an end for routine balloon-borne research?

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