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Can Burning Man Survive Grover Norquist?

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"Can Burning Man Survive Grover Norquist?," produced by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie, was originally released on July 30, 2014. The original text is below. 

Will Burning Man—the annual week-long festival held at the end of summer in the Nevada desert—survive a terrifying challenge that goes to the very heart of its ethos of radical self-expression?

As 50,000 freaks, trippers, and visionaries start prepping for a week of fun and sun, anti-tax activist Grover Norquist has announced he will be attending this year's Burning Man.

Can a voluntary community dedicated to "radical inclusion" survive the presence of a man with Norquist's terrifying ideology?

Reason TV visited Norquist's office at Americans for Tax Reform to find out. You won't believe what happened next.

About 2 minutes.