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this is a very thoughtful posting. your call for a more careful use of language is very consistent with the work of the Public COnversations Project in MA, which has been promoting dialogue in "intractable conflicts" conmflicts. first, you stop calling each other names (demonizing), then you get know the other party, finally, you realize that you actually agree on 90% of stuff, and where you disagree, you disagree respectfully but can appreciate the humanity of the other party.
it is ironic, though (pobably only to me) that here in MA, the fisttoehold of puritanism in "the New World", we've legalized gay marriage and have the lowest divorce rate in the nation...
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