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In response to "I mean, great, but IMO someone should not need a personal experience to see and understand what is the right thing to do" by Guigue

Based on the article, this sounds more like a move of political expediency for her, and the story is just a nice cover

Posted by ty97 Jun 27 '17, 15:01

That said, while it would be great for everyone to support minority groups even without personal interaction, we know from experience that, in some cases, those personal interactions help. Should it be that way? Not really. Is it that way for everyone? No way. But we know it works. That's why there was some pressure on gays to come out in all their relationships (work, etc) during the gay marriage push. Meeting someone from a minority group (or more likely in this case, finding out you know someone from said group) is a powerful view conversion tool.

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(from bb, I just read the cory booker twitter post, I'm with you on the likely planned nature; but it was still cool. :) -) -- nm - b. Jun 27, 15:05 1
- oh yeah, not knocking it. Just....cynical :) -- nm - ty97 Jun 27, 15:05

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Based on the article, this sounds more like a move of political expediency for her, and the story is just a nice cover

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