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How compassion helped one woman leave an extremist group

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    I keep believing that kindness directed to a person who is exhibiting anger and or hate can have transformative effects on both the giver and receiver. Maybe that's why I seek out stories that...

    I keep believing that kindness directed to a person who is exhibiting anger and or hate can have transformative effects on both the giver and receiver. Maybe that's why I seek out stories that confirm this. This is certainly one of those.

    Megan Phelps-Roper grew up in the westboro baptist church. This interview talks about growing up in that environment and why they used the tactics they used. It also talks about how the compassion of just a a few people were able to widen the gap of her internal inconsistency and allow her to become a different person.

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