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I’m not a fighter, or at least I’m not a fighter when the fight is pointless. A fight “to beat” metastatic cancer is usually pointless. This use of military metaphors1 chimes with modern Western ideas about fighting injustice. It’s a compelling idea (how could anyone say fighting injustice was bad?), unites most of us with a common purpose, and helps …
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