There were a few surprises in store for me, though, not the least of which was that I learned that the fear and shame of being known or discovered to be a transsexual person was probably responsible for a tremendous amount of suffering.

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Here he learned toughness and no fear.

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But, as we have learned time and again, fear doesn't listen to facts.

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Now that this truth has been un-learned, there is the real fear and strong expectation that it cannot be relearned.

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Fear is what we learned here.

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Somehow a climate of fear and distrust developed between two communities that at least outwardly had learned to coexist.

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What it learned: People are often afraid to stray too far from departure gates for fear they'll miss their flights, so shops have to be nearby.

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So the response of the coalition parties is an appeal to Britain's historic successes, and deployment of the fear factor (the use of negative campaigning against Lib Dems was a lesson learned from this year's referendum on voting reform).

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