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I'm guessing that when this particular terrorist bomber is caught, no one in the world will suggest that he shouldn't be Mirandized, no one will insist that he be tried in a military court or tortured, and any mention of whatever sick religious beliefs served as the attack's motivating force will be met with a pearl-clutchy insistence that we not indict all followers of whatever faith is involved.
Lamar Smith Wants Eric Holder To Say 'Radical Islam' Or He'll Cry 2010
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Even the Rasmussen! "exclaim those who have lately gotten all pearl-clutchy about the Rasmussen polls. taking all of this very optimistically, and has outlined a solid winning strategy based on imagining that Blumenthal will do things, and then further imagining that, having done these things, certain outcomes will naturally occur:
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(idiomatic, informal, derogatory) Prim, prudish, or easily offended.
Synonym: pearl-clutching.
March 10, 2024