I once had a North Philly cop inform me that I was a pinko, hippy, faggot bastard. He reinforced his conviction to this effect by slugging me in the mouth.

Actually I was none of the above, but I didn't think I was in a position to argue with him about semantics and labels. Besides, I was wearing his handcuffs at the time and it wouldn't have been polite to argue with my host.

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