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Nov 6Liked by Marie Newman

Thank you for bringing your calm compassion in the midst of despair and devastation.

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Not at the right point in my grief journey yet to do so, but well put.

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hear you. I'm getting there. Baby steps.

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I do like the essence of this message Marie. Today on NPR some reporter mentioned how everyone is in their own “siloed information environments” and I really wish there was a way to change that

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Well said Marie.

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thanks

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Nov 7Liked by Marie Newman

Beautifu! Well-said, well-written and delivers well, straight to the heart.

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Beautifully said. Thanks Marie 🙏

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Yes, what you say is correct because ultimately, everything is about relationship. Thank you so much for striving to illuminate others. It takes time, and in the meantime, the wheels of human suffering continue to turn. Life is a school and not everyone is a willing learner with an open heart and mind!

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Very well said. We cannot afford to tune out the conversations around us, no matter how uncomfortable they might be. Communication and respecting the other is the key

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We just lost our democracy after 240 years.

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I can’t tell you how much I dislike posts about how we all need to reach out to the other side, that it’s our responsibility to unite the left and right. We all said the same thing in 2016, agonizing over how we misunderstood the problems that for some reason only affected Trump voters. When was the last time you ever read a post from a right-wing commentator saying that MAGA needed to talk to their liberal friends, to find common ground, and that it was up to them to unite the country? Did MAGA ever agonize endlessly about what went wrong in 2020 when Trump lost? No! They only assumed that Biden cheated. Sorry, but I’m so over this.

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Hear you, but that is not what I’m suggesting. I’m merely asking folks to learn more about where we are by building relationships. I’m asking everyone to understand they should not change their values at all, but to just understand how others think. People are very different than they were 8 and 4 years ago. We need to understand that . Example; only 22% of those who voted for Trump identify as a republican . Of all voters 30% identify as democrats overall in the U.S. . So party does not matter at all. Americans now live as contextualists. So no, asking you to reach out and fix. Asking you to create relationships so you understand the good , bad, weird, ugly, odd, encouraging or neutral.

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As always, thank you, Marie.

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Excellent commentary, Marie!

Your message resonates deeply with me, and describes a true history of our zany people. I applaud your quiet soul reaching out in hope.

PaulMcgaffey, BFA, PhD Social Psychology

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Thank you, Marie. I agree completely.

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