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Originally Posted by Wes Mantooth
But isn't that what politics in this country have boiled down to anyway? Fear of the other side? Emphasising the what ifs, the unknowns and rephrasing positions to make them sound more positive or negative all to keep people from looking outside of their political safety zones and costing the party votes or support. Both sides do it and its amazing how well it continues to work in this day and age with all the information we have right at our fingertips.
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I think you hit it right on the head, Wes.
I always wonder, why all this praise for American democracy when there
are only two choices, it seems.
Aren't there more shades of gray?
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