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If Trump supporters can’t

rmrd0000 — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:30:17 +0000

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If Trump supporters can’t tell the difference between LaVar Ball, basketball father, and LaVar Burton, Of Roots, Star Trek TNG, and Reading Rainbow fame, it’s gonna be hard not to laugh at Crazy Uncle at Thanksgiving.

http://www.theroot.com/levar-burton-is-a-national-treasure-so-how-dare-trump-1820686275

538 notes a SurveyMonkey poll

rmrd0000 — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:47:14 +0000

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538 notes a SurveyMonkey poll suggesting that Trump will be the reason for 38.6% of the family arguments on Thanksgiving. Compared to a 2014 poll that suggested Obama was responsible for 11.4% of Thanksgiving arguments in 2014.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/dont-mention-trump-on-thanksgiving/?ex_cid=SigDig

The basic problem with what

rmrd0000 — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 15:11:03 +0000

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The basic problem with what is proposed in the article and in a myriad of others with a similar stance is that Liberal/ Progressives do all the heavy lifting. Facts don’t work, so Liberals have to be empathic. Any Liberal/Progressive who does not agree with this format is accused of being a part of the problem. Crazy Uncle has to do nothing. This is the when they go low, we go high practice that failed. Blacks, Gays, and women made advances via direct confrontation. We are witnessing a possible change in culture because women who are sexually harassed are speaking out. I need examples of when massive change happened because activists were nice.

Is there any evidence that

rmrd0000 — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:25:46 +0000

In reply to "You Won’t Change Your Cranky Conservative Uncle in One Dinner Conversation"

Is there any evidence that the photo-op picture of the Black Panther and the others led to any change?

There have been bipartisan efforts to do things like criminal justice reform for over a decade. No bill has passed.

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/judicial/312492-criminal-justice-reform-is-ripe-for-bipartisan-achievement

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