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Thank you. I'm glad it makes sense to you, too.

And it occurred to me on the way to the grocery store that this new and delicious way of framing politics for easy public consumption could be directly responsible for the feeling of political empowerment so many, um, (I'm trying to be kinder in my choice of words today) so I will say 'simple thinkers' are feeling these days.

There really is no way of being nice about it, though - doesn't mean I hate them or wish them harm. But I will always be a snob in favor of openness, tolerance and intellectualism and don't want much to do with a society that doesn't favor them.

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