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Maybe a few weeks away from Rush & Sean & Glenn would be a good idea. Get some fresh air. Go out and meet people. Talk to people from all walks of life. Get different perspectives. Challenge your own beliefs a few times. Volunteer at a soup kitchen and talk to the folks. Listen to their stories. Spend some time at your local senior center and listen to their stories.
If you really listen and observe to the stories of regular people, away from the hardcore ideologues, maybe a few who have had some rotten luck, my guess is that you won't need someone else to answer your questions. I have faith in you.
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Taking a week away from Rush & Sean & Glenn is indeed, a good idea, as long as you and your Democratic/progressive soul-mates take a week away from Ed & Lawrence & Chris & Rachel & Al & Martin.
How about YOU and your soul-mates challenging your own beliefs a few times? Have YOU ever volunteer in a soup kitchen? Have you ever traveled 1,500 miles to be a volunteer to rebuild after a hurricane or a flood? I have, and, surprise, all my fellow volunteers were OLD, you know, SENIORS and Republicans. And as a plus, none of them were atheists. I really did not need to listen to their stories, because I was one of them myself.
I have faith in my fellow senior citizens. H|ave you got faith in YOUR contemporaries??