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TIME’s 2017 Person of the Year selection of “The Silence Breakers”—the courageous women and men who spoke up about sexual harassment and assault—started a conversation that continues weeks later. The choice began trending on social media immediately after editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal announced it on NBC’s Today on Dec. 6, and more people visited TIME.com that day than on Election Day in 2016. In the weeks since, writers and editors have received dozens of messages from readers who said they

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