“Aghast” ... now that’s a fine word ... a crowd-pleaser and a favorite among the closely-knit family of Democrats, Leftists and Communists.
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“Aghast” is exactly the kind of flare you add to a fake news article projecting your own fantastical political desires about people who are supposedly speaking anonymously. It’s a word you’d find in fiction, and that’s not irony.
Fabulous, brilliant conclusion. Congrats and I agree ever so much.