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Brickbats

Brickbat: Stealing a Kiss

Charles Oliver | 12.6.2017 4:00 AM

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The Police Service of Northern Ireland has deleted a tweet that warned people that kissing someone under the mistletoe without consent is rape, but not before that tweet was widely shared, and mocked. Officials said the tweet was taken out of context.

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