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The Man with the Plan

You’ve been hangin’ out with the virus breeders, Jimmy, VB’s. One day you’re saving the rain forest, the next, you’re chuggin’ cock.

— Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead • 1995

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Our interpretation.

The speaker accuses Jimmy of keeping company with people described through hostile labels, then links environmental activism with sexual behaviour. The line expresses prejudice and disparagement, not evidence about those people or a causal connection.

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