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1. estsau+xr[view] [source] 2016-12-05 22:00:06
>>dang+(OP)
This doesn't feel nonpartisan, it feels like it's actively quashing what little political traction can be gained here.

And frankly, a 'detox' is absolutely the wrong word for it. The emotions for me at least come from feeling scared. I have several family members who will lose coverage if the ACA is repealed and I have muslim friends who are looking at the prospect of being sent to interment camps.

This is anger and fear that should be cultivated, not extinguished.

  sudo bash -c 'echo "127.0.0.1 news.ycombinator.com" >> /etc/hosts'
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2. tropo+TO[view] [source] 2016-12-06 01:35:00
>>estsau+xr
Realize that the other half of the country is also scared. They too have anger (at ACA not being repealed yet) and fear (that muslims probably won't be interned) and they too want this cultivated, not extinguished.

They want political traction too.

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