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Meanwhile, a different kind of propaganda war was being waged on the streets. __________ has relatively conservative attitudes toward homosexuality, and all autumn long __________ was blanketed with tens of thousands of leaflets saying that Mr. _______'s liberal, pro-__________ opposition party, the __________, ardently favored gay rights and employed canvassers with AIDS. Neither was true.

The leaflets often included the name and phone number of a leader of the party’s regional candidate slate, __________. Some had condoms attached and announced offers to send supporters to a gay-pride event in __________....

The party was refused advertising space on everything from billboards to newspapers to television. When Mr. __________ tried to campaign in __________ in the fall, no one would rent him a hall. In November, the party headquarters were ransacked and spray-painted with profanities and graffiti that called it the “Party of Gays.”

Then read the article from which the above is excerpted and ponder who is aping whose techniques.