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ProudLib72

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3. I don't know the particular circumstances under which you are
Tue Aug 1, 2017, 12:19 PM
Aug 2017

drawing your conclusions about the polarization of ideas. However, I would like to think that most of what you are seeing is due to a few factors (media, shoring up parties through unity, outrage causing people not to see straight). In the absence of these factors, I think that most people will appreciate the spectrum of ideas. In other words, what you see now is a knee jerk reaction to the current administration.

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