Another piece of writing of yours that repays the time invested for reading it. I wonder (that’s a soft way of saying “question”!) whether it’s the person who would be willing to watch PBS in exchange for you watching Fox, that gets to the heart of our disease. That person actually agrees with you at an important level. My working hypothesis is that our cultural conflict is between you and your willing PBS watcher, on one side, against those who think compassion is weakness. Between those who think things are redeemable, and those who think things are so corrupt that burning it all down is the right answer
I'm going to spend some time with this comment; a really helpful thought. I hesitate to say "IF it's possible" to bridge that gulf, so I guess I'll be thinking about "How might it be possible to at least have conversation with those who see only the corruption?"
Another piece of writing of yours that repays the time invested for reading it. I wonder (that’s a soft way of saying “question”!) whether it’s the person who would be willing to watch PBS in exchange for you watching Fox, that gets to the heart of our disease. That person actually agrees with you at an important level. My working hypothesis is that our cultural conflict is between you and your willing PBS watcher, on one side, against those who think compassion is weakness. Between those who think things are redeemable, and those who think things are so corrupt that burning it all down is the right answer
I'm going to spend some time with this comment; a really helpful thought. I hesitate to say "IF it's possible" to bridge that gulf, so I guess I'll be thinking about "How might it be possible to at least have conversation with those who see only the corruption?"