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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
Play the fear card...
0 -I can't believe he was elected president. 02 br
00 - He 01 u 00 played the fear card 02 u 00 , got the most votes. End of 01 u 00 civic class 02 u 00 . 02 br
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00 - He 01 u 00 played the fear card 02 u 00 , got the most votes. End of 01 u 00 civic class 02 u 00 . 02 br
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0 He used intimidation to make people vote for him. "That's the end of the lesson about civic responsibility". 0-
- 0 He used intimidation to make people vote for him.
- "That's the end of the lesson about civic responsibility".
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0 He used intimidation to make people vote for him. "That's the end of the lesson about civic responsibility". 0-
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0 It comes from playing cards: playing the Ace or the Trump Card got him the win. I believe the first non-card playing use of the term was when in a famous trial the lawyer "played the race card", bringing race (black ~ white) into the case to get the verdict he wanted. 02 br
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Hey, Philip
I got ahold of English subtitles and it's actually civic class.
So does the other person joking with End of civic class, saying class
to mean a lesson about people?
Or is it 'that was the end of citizenship'?
Below is the full context:
Jimmy: Hey, he played the fear card,
got the most votes. End of civic class.
Since he
I got ahold of English subtitles and it's actually civic class.
So does the other person joking with End of civic class, saying class
to mean a lesson about people?
Or is it 'that was the end of citizenship'?
Below is the full context:
Jimmy: Hey, he played the fear card,
got the most votes. End of civic class.
Since he
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