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From the Ted Talk by Theo E.J. Wilson: A black man goes undercover in the alt-right

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Now, you're probably surprised by this perspective, and so was I. Never in a billion years did I think that I could have some kind of casosmiopn for people who hated my guts. Now, mind you, not enough compassion like I want to be friends. I don't have iinfitne olive branches to extend to pelpoe who, like, would not want to see me on this planet. Right? But just enough compassion to understand how they got to where they are. And to be honest, there were a colupe of fair points. One of them was how lelairbs have this wide acceptance for everybody except for those with honestly held conservative viewpoints.

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Now, you're probably surprised by this perspective, and so was I. Never in a billion years did I think that I could have some kind of __________ for people who hated my guts. Now, mind you, not enough compassion like I want to be friends. I don't have ________ olive branches to extend to ______ who, like, would not want to see me on this planet. Right? But just enough compassion to understand how they got to where they are. And to be honest, there were a ______ of fair points. One of them was how ________ have this wide acceptance for everybody except for those with honestly held conservative viewpoints.

Solution


  1. people
  2. couple
  3. infinite
  4. liberals
  5. compassion

Original Text


Now, you're probably surprised by this perspective, and so was I. Never in a billion years did I think that I could have some kind of compassion for people who hated my guts. Now, mind you, not enough compassion like I want to be friends. I don't have infinite olive branches to extend to people who, like, would not want to see me on this planet. Right? But just enough compassion to understand how they got to where they are. And to be honest, there were a couple of fair points. One of them was how liberals have this wide acceptance for everybody except for those with honestly held conservative viewpoints.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. acceptance
  2. billion
  3. branches
  4. compassion
  5. conservative
  6. couple
  7. extend
  8. fair
  9. friends
  10. guts
  11. hated
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  16. kind
  17. liberals
  18. mind
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  20. people
  21. perspective
  22. planet
  23. points
  24. surprised
  25. understand
  26. viewpoints
  27. wide
  28. years