Great analysis of Obama's eulogy rhetoric - from The Atlantic

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18. His eulogy was many things,

but to me a vital aspect was that it was a call to introspection, a challenge to open our minds that we might see.

"To settle for symbolic gestures without following up with the hard work of more lasting change, that’s how we lose our way again. It would be a refutation of the forgiveness expressed by those families if we merely slipped into old habits whereby those who disagree with us are not merely wrong, but bad; where we shout instead of listen; where we barricade ourselves behind preconceived notions or well-practiced cynicism."