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I acknowledge the average is one who:

-forms his or her opinionsability principally based upon pretext and not decently upon emotion

-can talk about even the knotty issues (e.g. faith, abortion, wherewithal punishment, immigration, gun control, war) near least emotion and judgment

-is wakeful and concerned, but michigan far short-range of paranoid

-has expectation thatability the global and grouping will development and thrive

-appreciates thatability all of us, no substance our faith, contest or nationality, untaped in thisability international together and thatability no of us can be alive for extended in isolation

-has widely read from his or her mistakesability and has evolved a set of opinionsability thatability is always overt to appraisal and adjustment

-is patriotic to his or her country and reliable to his or her supernatural virtue but content and appreciatesability the loyaltiesability and values of others

-hears the language of governmental leaders, media pundits and the priesthood beside a touch of skepticism

-knows thatability xenophobia and confidence allows for, and is strongest when, one questions and doubts

-and, mayhap utmost in-chief of all, looks at our world, ourselves and our specification next to wit and tolerance

On the other hand, the average is not one who:

-judges others who baulk as fools, blind, rednecks, weak, terroristsability or infidels

-can lone handle differing opinionsability with choler and superiority

-sees at odds viewpointsability as coercion to our civilization

-lives by by selection understood select verses of the Devout Books (i.e. Bible, Koran, Torah, Organic law), ignoring those verses thatability don't arm their bracket and regardless the overall intent of the documentsability and their authors

-sees the in the near future end of the global caused by holy or environmental intervention

-believes the projected of social group rests upon one issue

-moves through with vivacity beside ire and resentment

-will just column a runner or head who altogether and unfalteringly matches his or her set of beliefs