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why must issues be black or white, right vs wrong?
there should always be room for complexity because reality is complex!
it's a bad day when any of us stop listening to suggestions from within our own ranks about how to "win friends and influence others". shouting down dissenting voices within our own community and reasonable conversation about the issues is something that is very unhelpful, and won't happen on this site. there's room for many voices here and many perspectives.
i attend the spring hearings in my county and i talk to people about each of the muskie-related issues that are presented. i've found many many people out there who genuinely don't understand the issues and are initially inclined to vote against motions to raise limits, etc. it's not that they're "meat-hunters", they're just not interested in muskies enough to know any different and they've never had anyone take the time to actually talk to them about the issues. i make sure that i take the time to do so whenever i have the opportunity. oddly, this seems to work better than calling them names...
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