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Professor Jonathan Haidt is quoted on the Democratic convention slogan and messaging

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Excerpt from The Atlantic -- "When the Democrats adopted 'We are stronger together' as a convention slogan, Haidt observes, it was almost as if they were heeding the advice of scholars like Stenner to suppress intolerance by celebrating sameness. In Haidt’s telling, the convention’s most successful moment was when Khizr Khan stood onstage with his wife, brandishing a pocket Constitution and declaring, 'We are honored to stand here as the parents of Captain Humayun Khan, and as patriotic American Muslims with undivided loyalty to our country.'"

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