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    The Independent‏Verified account @Independent 24 Oct 2016

    The meninist who thought women should be taxed for having periods has been dumped by his mortified girlfriend http://bit.ly/2efYSG6 pic.twitter.com/vtSS7wRXkY

    5:30 AM - 24 Oct 2016
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    • Halldór Auðar Svans WEETABIQRABIEBER Laura Londoño Boo A-C Sarah Oliver Butler 🌹 🍗 The Dauntless (王真真) Azeez
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    1. Thats Private‏ @ThatsPrivate 24 Oct 2016
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      proof a British accent doesn't make you smarter

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    2. Lee myerscough‏ @Littlelee62 24 Oct 2016
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      What a walking abortion

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    3. #GeeLoGreen‏ @lgeerththanan 24 Oct 2016
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      Come on now, did he really have a "girlfriend"...? @Independent

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    4. Carla Rautenbach‏ @RautenbachCarla 24 Oct 2016
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      I just feel sorry for him honestly 😂 can't be mad at someone who's that ignorant and refuses to learn.

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    5. Steve Jarvill‏ @SteveJarvill 24 Oct 2016
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      he seriously thinks women can hold in periods, just...wow. He has to have been joking surely.

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    6. Barry White‏ @barrywhite__ 24 Oct 2016
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      I still don't believe this is real... surely nobody is that uneducated!

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    7. marie bedard‏ @mariebedard2 24 Oct 2016
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      WHAT A JERK,HOPE SHE DUMPED THE JERK!

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    8. -‏ @LXURABYRNE 22 Nov 2016
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      @ryanwilliams97 sick of this hate you're getting ryan😡

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