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One of the key mistakes that many make, is demanding that every other person on their side of a subject, be just as 100% "awake" about every aspect of it, as they think they are, as some type of litmus test for being completely qualified to be part of the "in group".

They do this, forgetting, that the pathway to enlightenment on all subjects is a journey, not a destination.

Thus, you have to continue to educate people, with the information that they are prepared to hear, as a gradual process, not like a shotgun blast to the face (Dick Cheney).

I don't expect that everyone is ever going to be completely on the same page, and that's okay too.

I see a lot of this stuff on the Right, and it's not productive.

Yes, everyone should eventually know everything about everything, but that's just not realistic. Some will always be trailing in data, knowledge, and wisdom, and others will always be late to the party.

It's a gradual process, to educate people, and wake them from their slumber, at a pace that THEY can digest. Any faster than that, and they choke.

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