We all default to one prevalent role, that of Victim, Rescuer, Persecutor (or a combination).

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The recently installed Religious Liberty Commission designated the Khartoum regime as an "egregious" religious persecutor.

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But Mr Spitzer, who was elected on a mandate to shake up Albany, is in danger of becoming a persecutor rather than a leader, according to Doug Muzzio, a professor of politics at Baruch College.

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