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But instead of a barrier to keep out the impure, they are means of removing it, of excreting all that “poisons the blood,” to use Trump’s Hitlerian metaphor.

From Salon

In this case, the presumption is that most voters share Trump's repulsion for "impure" people whose gender or race falls outside rigid boundaries he has defined for them.

From Salon

The Nazi dictator spoke of impure Jewish blood “poisoning” Aryan German blood to dehumanize Jews and justify the systemic murder of millions during the Holocaust.

Other inaccurate perceptions included the idea that menstruating people emitted a toxin and could cause disease, that the blood was impure, and even that the blood could wipe out agricultural crops.

Surprisingly, they found that impure ice was much less sticky than ice made from pure water under certain conditions.

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

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