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It's more difficult to come out as not a liberal than it is to come out as gay nowadays.

Hmm. As a member of the LGBT community, I would disagree, but I'm also not a member of the right-leaning community.

So I've never had to tearfully tell my parents that I identify as right-leaning, you know?

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PRX.org slash Ted to take the survey today. That's survey. PRX.org slash Ted. Thanks. Hey, I'm Dylan Merin, and welcome back to conversations with people who hate me.

An interview series where I speak with some of the folks who have sent me negative or hateful

messages on the internet.

As someone who makes left-leaning social justice videos, I get a lot of these messages,

so this podcast is a way to bridge the divide to take the

negativity as a starting point because remember there is a person on the other side of the

screen our audience is growing and it is so cool to hear from you all.

Many of you have written to me to share how this show is helping you tackle

difficult conversations in your own life and I cannot think of a greater compliment than that.

Today's episode is called Facts and Feelings,

because my guest brought up a catchphrase that I hadn't heard before.

She said,

Facts don't care about your feelings.

It's catchy for sure, but the phrase also reminds me of all the times

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