Speaker 1: The climate that we're operating under
has everyone on the defensive.
Speaker 2: You see a person
and you automatically put them in a box and say,
well, this is what this person should be like.
Speaker 1: Strangers in the coffee shop,
strangers on the subway.
Everybody is on the defensive.
Speaker 3: All of this ostracizing people--
what are we afraid of?
Speaker 4: We're called to love one another.
It can't be, "I reject you as a person."
Speaker 5: This country has been through so much.
Its people have been through so much.
Why can't we fix this?
Speaker 2: Do we have issues we have to deal with?
Yes, we do, but we're not going to be able to deal with them
if we're fighting and yelling at each other
and not listening.
Speaker 6: It was important for me to meet
somebody who didn't have horns and a tail.
[laughter]
Speaker 7: Yeah, she has an accent.
Oh gosh, she dress funny, but we're talking the same thing.
[laughing]
We're all concerned about our children,
concerned about the world we live in.
Speaker 8: A lot of people wouldn't even think
we should be here talking to each other.
But, I'm sorry, I disagree.
Speaker 9: We are connected in probably 12 different ways
I can think of right like that.
Let me give you a hug.
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