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senseandsensibility

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2. Agreed. And I think one of the reasons
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 03:55 PM
Feb 18

is that it takes a special person to have the patience and skill to break these made up "culture war" issues down to show how dishonest they are. Most people, understandably, get angry, sarcastic or whatever. But Talarico knows (from his teaching experience) that when you do that you lose the very people you are trying to reach.

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