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		irrational on June 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chinese Cash Is Suddenly Toxic in Silicon Valley, ... Why do you keep writing Barbaria instead of Arabia? At first I thought it was a typo, but you keep using it. Is that how Arabia is spelled in your native language?

southphillyman on June 11, 2019 | [–]

I had the same question. I think it's a way to throw a jab at the kingdom's treatment of female citizens.......

_khau on June 12, 2019 | [–]

Might be referring the the fact that it is a barbaric tyrannical state.

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