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Rather ironic, Free Though Caucus gets knickers in a knot by someone else’s thoughts. The Free Thought Caucus is not so free.

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The right never apologizes. The left apologizes too much. The left needs to double down rather than apologize. Example: Hillary apologized for calling some Trump followers "deplorables." She should have doubled down instead of apologizing by saying, "if you are a racist and a misogynist, you ARE deplorable." Same for Przybyla. Stay strong...

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I hear you, for sure. And it feels like the broader political asymmetry: The right plays to win, the left plays to make the game fair. That said, I do feel like we'd have a better culture if we made apologizing both easier and less of a big deal, give each other room to be wrong and move on. Whether that's doable -- here, today -- I can't say I know. I'm SORRY!

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Don't be sorry. I wish I knew. Actually, I wish I had a clue. Thanks for the post.

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Thank you! And if you do get a clue, please share it with me, as I could use all I can get. If it helps, I was only sorry in the ironic, "left apologizes too much" sense. SORRY!

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