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If the man doesn't believe as we do, we say he is a crank, and that settles it. I mean, it does nowadays, because now we can't burn him.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker says we brush off anyone who disagrees with us by calling them a crank, and that ends the discussion. Then comes the barbed aside: this only suffices today because burning dissenters is no longer permitted. It is a sardonic jab at intolerance.
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