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There must be humans on the other side of the fence; it’s only we haven’t learned how to talk.
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The “other side of the fence” represents people separated from us by a boundary or disagreement. The quote insists they are still human, not strangers without common ground. The problem is not a lack of shared humanity, but that “we haven’t learned how to talk.” Understanding may begin when we treat communication as something to develop rather than assuming separation is permanent.
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