Memo to extreme partisans: If you can't bring yourselves to love your enemies, can you at least learn to hate your friends?

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In this quote from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson, he was speaking about those extreme partisans who cannot bring themselves to love their enemies, but instead only hate them. He was referring to those people who would rather be at war with everyone than to recognize that they have issues with others and need to work on it. Extreme partisans are akin to those people who are unable to accept that they have any enemies. Even if there is some truth to the idea that no one likes everyone, many of us can recognize that we have issues with some people and need to work on them.

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