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  My name is Charlie Pugh.  I have been influenced in life largely by a strange mix of conservative American Christian and liberal British, as I come from a liberal British upbringing, but have lived much of my life at a largely American boarding school in Kenya.  I live in Tanzania.  As a result of this, I speak fluent conversational English, French, Kiswahili, and Alagwesa, which has also shown me a variety of cultures and given me a slightly different perspective than some people.  I am a Christian man, and 17.  I generally find myself leaning left, politically speaking, though I take a slightly more conservative view on some specific issues, such as gender identity, and the LGBTQ+ community.  

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