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2. There Seems to be Growing Trend This Election
Sat Jun 11, 2016, 08:03 PM
Jun 2016

to analyze unconscious motives of supporters of Sanders, Clinton, Trump, or third-party candidates.

People have the right to their opinions, but it is disturbing when contributors to mainstream media questioning the motives or sanity of any candidates' supporters.

There was a Doonesbury cartoon in which the TV reporter Ron Hedley asked about a group: "Who are these people? What do they want from us? How are they different from you and me?"

The inability to recognize intelligent and decent conflict partners makes it difficult to evaluate one's own positions properly, and is in danger of turning NBC, CBS, ABC, and CNN into Democratic versions of Fox, at least for this election cycle. It also


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