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Barack Obama: “The left sometimes does it as much as the right. And it's…”

Featuring: Barack Obama, Democratic | 44th President of the United States | National

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Barack Obama Discusses Democracy, Social Cohesion, and Leadership at the Connecticut Forum

Published | Video Starts at 1:06:51

That I think is a lot of what we work with, our young folks is fighting against this tendency to try to just pigeonhole everybody. And I think The left sometimes does it as much as the right. And it's part of what contributes sometimes to backlash when the left starts being scolds and absent wanting absolute positions on things. And you have to agree with me on everything as opposed to, you know what, I'm not crazy about your position on X, but man, don't you agree on Y. (1:06:51–1:07:09)

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Asserts that both political sides contribute to backlash by demanding absolute positions.

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