From: John Beckett 

David N. Barnett  wrote in message
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> |  (pity me - I have no idea what "hyper-con politics" is)
>
> I don't think that's an example of typical US slang.
>
> But I can help with the interpretation -- "con" stands for
> "conservative."  From there you should be able to figure the rest of
> it out...

Thanks. Sounds potentially ugly...

John

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