Conversations with a dozen insiders point to a party that is unsure about whether to leave or engage with the increasingly MAGA platform.

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Unfortunately, I'm not surprised. I find it horrifying, distasteful, and disheartening, but not surprising. If you are the second of many classes/privileges, you are subtly taught from an early age how far you can fall. Get good grades? Cut your hair short? Like to play sports? Think Barbies are dumb? Mind you, I understand how TRIVIAL all that is. But the punishment of subtle shunning feels overwhelming to most children. Again, shunning is trivial compared to the lessons the 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc positions are forced to learn. But there it is. Holding second place, the older you get, the further you have to fall if you have been suborned by this indoctrination. This does not absolve anything. But surprisingly enough, you can reach people who are acting so badly if approached with gentle conversations. Humor also sometimes works. Thank a religious fanatic for calling you a 'social justice warrior' and then demur that you just wished you were better at following the teachings of Jesus, and watch them recoil. A few of them will think about it, most won't.

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Sez Us, a social app founded by Democratic strategist Joe Trippi, is trying to build a platform without rage-bait. Rage-bait refers to any posts that are