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WiVoter

(908 posts)
Sun Oct 16, 2022, 11:14 AM Oct 2022

Depolarizing America

A little at a time. Saw this on CNS Sunday Morning.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/braver-angels-seeking-to-de-polarize-america/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab8c&linkId=185818177

“ Michigan is a battleground state, in every sense of the word. Here, purple doesn't mean moderate; it means the 50-50, Red/Blue split is a chasm.

On a recent Saturday in Traverse City, Mich., people gathered – half of them Red, the other half Blue – brought together by Braver Angels, a not-for-profit attempting to narrow the divide.”

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Depolarizing America (Original Post) WiVoter Oct 2022 OP
Good luck. CrispyQ Oct 2022 #1
I Saw That Too WiVoter Oct 2022 #2
Division is the key to oligarchs retaining wealth and power. rubbersole Oct 2022 #3
Tragically WiVoter Oct 2022 #4

CrispyQ

(36,470 posts)
1. Good luck.
Sun Oct 16, 2022, 11:26 AM
Oct 2022

This:

Jim said, "I'm concerned that the polarization has become paralysis."


and this:

While Braver Angels has held more than 2,000 workshops and is growing, so is the divide.
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