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hlthe2b

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5. I take pride in the fact that our side typically can think in complexities and shaded grays...
Wed May 12, 2021, 06:50 AM
May 2021

That we are able to hold two opposing thoughts and find the intersections. Thus, Liz (just as her father) can be the antithesis of all the policies we hold dear, yet STILL be correct with respect to her similarly held views on the constitution, the importance of democracy, and the threat that Trump and his lying ilk are to all of us.

So, for those conflating the expressed relief at Liz's speaking out on this ONE issue WITH somehow changing our entire world view or at least our opinion of Liz and Dick Cheney in the totality, you are just wrong. That is the kind of black and white worldview that does nothing to help us.

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