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gaia_gardener

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Fri Nov-26-04 09:52 PM
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44. A professor in college told me

that I needed to be sure to encourage the radicals who support my position. He said that without the radicals, my view will seem extreme, with the radicals, I'm seen as more centrist.

To illustrate his point, he spoke about the ASPCA. At one point the ASPCA was seen as extremely radical and outrageous. Then along came PETA and suddenly the ASPCA was "normal" and "good".

We don't need to change, and we shouldn't change. We need to embrace our radicals (short of encouraging violence of any sort) and offer the more "normal" side to "counteract" them.

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