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We should all try to avoid being crazy. It's one more thing.

Armstrong and Getty.

One more thing. Armstrong and Getty. One more thing.

So it's Election Day around the country as we record this podcast.

It's November 4th, 2016.

I think Trump has a shot at beating Hillary.

No way.

The polls have him behind by eight points.

This is, this is

November voting day, um, uh, 2023 and a bunch of races I don't know anything about, but

there's one going on in Virginia and this audio we're about to play you. Well, I'll read what

the tweeter said. This is what happens when people live in echo chambers they get angry

online and save up all the rage then they unleash it all at once when they encounter their

perceived enemy in person because we're also siloed we almost never talk to or run into people

that are the enemy that are the people that are trying to destroy America.

And this is true on both sides.

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