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Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.

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In the United States of America, satire is protected speech, even if the object of the satire doesn’t get it.

I've said that net neutrality is the most important free speech issue of our time.

Net neutrality is the First Amendment issue of our time.

I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

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