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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Old Man Looking [View all]H2O Man
(73,536 posts)14. Interesting.
One factor in politics et al is if one has respect for other people, including their right to their opinions, even if those opinions seem wrong to us? While that sounds like a low bar, it is clearly high enough to prevent much civil discourse here on DU. And, more and more frequently, we see tensions between groups in this country -- and around the world -- because many people are convinced that not only are they right, but that only their opinion is right. Real life has a pesky way of creating issues where there may not be a clear right or wrong; indeed, there are many issues that actually can't be reduced to those definitions.
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I honestly believe that a huge factor in that "100%" of Hillary's supporters is that they do not
djean111
Mar 2016
#7
Where do you get wishful thinking? From what I have read from Hillary's supporters,
djean111
Mar 2016
#21
They understand, they just do not care, so they pretend to not understand. n/t
djean111
Mar 2016
#35
If that is the truth, then they really aren't thinking about the country as a whole
monicaangela
Mar 2016
#37
Voice of reason. Thank you... Young ppl are sometime wiser than old folks.....
kgnu_fan
Mar 2016
#31