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<p>Today someone asked me how I could be nice to politicians on two opposite sides of the spectrum and the answer was simple.</p>
<p>They were two different states.</p>
<p>With two different populations.</p>
<p>Two different belief systems.</p>
<p>Two totally different economies.</p>
<p>Two different levels of debt.</p>
<p>Drastically different race relations and mixes.</p>
<p>In short it&#8217;s because I am authentically reasonable. We can&#8217;t be shortsighted about the facts and fall into <a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=identity+politics&amp;&amp;view=detail&amp;mid=115319184E25143EFB19115319184E25143EFB19&amp;&amp;FORM=VRDGAR">identity politics.</a></p>
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