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A World Where Milk And Shepard Still Live

The Anti-Defamation League hypothesizes what the world would be like without hate.

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In a video commemorating their 100th year, the Anti-Defamation League posted a video this week hypothesizing what it would be like if several key figures of the last century did not succumb to violence.

Some headlines include Matthew Shepard's would-be work to fight bullying, and Harvey Milk's work to uphold gay rights around the world.

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