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jergason on Jan 30, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: US states: If they were countries

Wow. There is some intense vitriol in that link. Disagreeing with ideas is one thing, but demonizing people who thing differently is not healthy political discourse. Of course, maybe that is not the purpose of this article.

prodigal_erik on Jan 30, 2011 [–]

For some context, that was an alt-weekly editorial written immediately after the red states knowingly re-elected Bush. The cover led with "DO NOT DESPAIR": http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/CoverArt?oid=19811&ye...

I wouldn't know whether it's good political strategy, but I found it comforting at the time.

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