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Thunderbeast

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3. Most American were raised to be "nice" and conflict averse

Reply to flamin lib (Original post)

Mon Jan 18, 2021, 01:13 PM

Jan 2021

The reactionaries take advantage of that at every opportunity.

We need to defend a pluralistic democracy. It means having uncomfortable conversations with folks when they are spreading untruths. We can respectfully disagree on policy and opinion. We must call BULLSHIT when the arguments are deliberate lies parroted from the propaganda right-wing press.

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This is not who we are . . . [View all] flamin lib Jan 2021 OP

Drives me crazy -- so many folks don't want to face it and be "uncomfortable" with that reality. Pobeka Jan 2021 #1

Excellent, eloquent post, my dear flamin lib. Greatest Page Time! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2021 #2

Most American were raised to be "nice" and conflict averse Thunderbeast Jan 2021 #3

If that was who we were, how the hell did we ever create our democracy Hortensis Jan 2021 #4