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I don't know how we continue to do politics in a democracy if we simply can't listen to one another, if we simply close the door and say you are beyond redemption.

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George Packer
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 13
Journalist
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Santa Clara
California
Democracy
Redemption
Politics
Door
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