Libraries and democracy. Both good ideas.

Truth is nuanced

As documented by legal scholar Ian Haney López and others, the Democrats do not consistently use a narrative frame that effectively combines messaging about both race and class inequality, and how they overlap and reinforce one another. Democrats lack a simple, straightforward narrative — a big story to tell voters about what their party represents.

By comparison, the Republicans have a far more effective propaganda machine. They have branded themselves as “patriots” who love America and are “defending” it against those others — sometimes specifically named and identified, and sometimes not — who are not “real” Americans and are said to hate the country and its so-called traditions.

From Democrats must embrace the power they have to save democracy — or risk losing both – Alternet.org

Lies lend themselves to simplification, bold statements, absolutes.

Truths happen in reflection, community. They are nuanced and require and ability to change. That is part of what is hard here.

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