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That's a mean-spirited thing for a mother to say.

作为一位母亲，说那样的话太刻薄了。

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Lengthy periods of economic stagnation or decline have almost always left society more mean-spirited and less inclusive, and have usually stopped or reversed the advance of rights and freedoms.

长期的经济停滞或衰退几乎总是使社会变得更加刻薄、更缺乏包容性，通常还会阻止或逆转权利和自由的进步。

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Rather than immediately defending him or her, or dismissing the feedback as wrong or mean-spirited, really stop and consider it.

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So rather than hurling accusations about big-government liberals or mean-spirited conservatives, we're going to have to answer those tough questions.

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