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"Speaking with people who have different political beliefs is one of the gravest sins of the modern era..."

Essentially it's this right here. The echochamber of confirmation bias is as close to constant for people that it has ever been. No longer does ignorance simply grow out of small towns and country churches, or iron fisted patriarchal families that live and die on the words of one or two men who dictate how their 'blood' is supposed to feel.

Now to receive validation, you simply log on to twitter, follow the tide, shout down those who think differently and 'dogpile' as it suits your particular mob.

For a time in history when people are more connected than ever, our society seems dangerously close to staunchly living in fear of the 'other'. The dangerous outsider is ever more easily identified when all you need look for are words they choose to read, or the media they choose to listen to.

I dare say, that the only thing scarier for those who armor themselves with the righteous rhetoric of those who believe what they do, are for those who claim to have those same beliefs, open to discussing other viewpoints and the subsequent humanization of those who hold them.

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