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  1. Taking this one separately because. What is happening today is entirely continuous with eight years of Reagan and eight more of GW Bush. Trump has just taken the mask off. So if you are going to say “they chose evil on purpose,” are you including yourself and the people around you who set this table? Did you not also make that choice? The 2016 election happened. I said “this leads to fire and blood.” And it has, and there will be more, and I’m ready for that. But I also think you are redeemable. And so are the people around you. And so are some of the people in MAGA today. And for that reason I’m not going to write them all off or pretend that they understand their own politics anymore than today’s ex-Republicans did 20-30 years ago.
  2. I’m not making excuses, but it’s simply a fact that there is often a huge disconnect between their personal behaviors/values and their politics, and that gap has never been bigger. Most people simply don’t think about politics beyond tribal membership. In other words “They know not what they do.”
  3. I don’t think it’s hate- it’s just a tribal affinity like wearing a longhorn cap. They say the words and post the memes and vote Republican the same way I wear an orange sweatshirt. They’ll say really over-the-top offensive shit in mixed company, and then get very hurt and surprised if anyone gets offended. “I didn’t mean you,” they say. “Why can’t we respect each other’s views?” Inside their world that makes sense, because why would you be offended by a shirt. It’s like January 6th. Was that an attempt to overthrow the government? Or was it just a pep rally?
  4. You are right of course, but sadly what I have found is that very many MAGA true believers are decent human beings who simply do not see the connection between the politics they support and the consequences for the people they know and love, or even themselves. I went to high school with the mother of a nonbinary teen. Her ex-husband and his family are fundamentalists who have mistreated the child and abused the mother. Both mother and child have been ridiculed and cyber bullied in their own exurban community, leading them back into Dallas proper and seeking fellowship and resources in the queer community. Which, of course, has received them with open arms. About half of the mom’s posts on social media are about acceptance and equality. The other half is stuff like this:
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  7. Thanks for sharing, I’m thinking about doing a trade in with them.
  8. Right. Unfortunately they are a bad team with Flagg and no future unless they can dump ADs contract, with or without the extension. I would literally trade him for the cap dollars right now. Literally would trade him for snacks.
  9. Baby Ruth was sold to the Yankees to finance a broadway show called “My Lady Friends” that opened in December of 1919 and played 214 times before closing in May 1920. It was later adapted into a lost silent film and subsequently a very famous hit musical called “No, No Nannette,” which ran for 665 performances in London and 322 on broadway and was then adapted into a Doris Day movie, “Tea for Two,” and revived many times. In 11 months, Anthony Davis has played in 21 of 71 games, is likely done for the season, very unlikely to be traded, and certainly won’t be extended by the Mavericks. In other words, I don’t think it’s fair to Harry Frazee to compare that deal to the Doncic trade.
  10. 1) The current increase in authoritarian violence and doublespeak looks more like a collapsing of the civil order than single administration off the rails. I’ve been thinking for several years about what that would look like and what I would want to do under that set of circumstances. But 2) We may still turn it around or slow it down. Defeat deferred isn’t victory, but it’s the next best thing. For as long as I can, I intend to walk in the sun and enjoy what’s left of a free and open social order that operates according to rules and still glides along on trust and personal integrity more often than not. Part of why I woke up feeling so liberated from worry on 11/7/25 was that the question came off the table for me. I accept the possibility of both outcomes and I’m mentally ready to do my part in either of those worlds.
  11. Real life in 2026
  12. As a 1992 graduate of a majority minority public high school, I can attest to the accuracy of that line.
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  14. Good. That’s exactly where you ought to be right now. Nurture it.
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