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Ingrid Srinath > On 2 May 2020, at 18:09, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was listening to a podcast with Penn Jillette and one of the things he > said stuck in my head. > > As background, he said, notwithstanding Godwin's Law [1] I would say that > the line about 'the worst thing about Hitler is that he turned his enemies > into him ' definitely applies to Trump. > > As an experiment, he decided to stop using the term 'them'. Specifically, > instead of using the term 'Trump voters', he replaced it with the term > 'those of us who voted for Trump'. What struck me the most about this story > was his recollection of just how hard this was to do. Empathy isn't easy. > [2] > > Udhay > > [1] As an aside, perhaps one of his various friends here could invite Mike > to silk? > > [2] One reason why "assume goodwill" needs to be an explicit rule. > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((via phone))
