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12. Gentle but firm truth telling:

Mon Nov 25, 2013, 08:55 PM

Nov 2013

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And so the easy way out is to try to yell and pretend like I can do something by violating our laws. And what I’m proposing is the harder path, which is to use our democratic processes to achieve the same goal that you want to achieve. But it won’t be as easy as just shouting. It requires us lobbying and getting it done.

How weary he must be, trying to teach the basics in a nation dumbed down by mass media. He has the same style as some of the best professors I've met.

Thanks for the article.

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