Bravo. Excellent take. Condemn bad behavior, not the people because that leads to polarization. No matter what one side does is supposed to be 100% accepted because they are the “good guys” and the bad guys deserve it- no matter what(?)
I don’t think so. We’re not 3rd graders here.
And can you imagine a future where we’re all driving elect…
Bravo. Excellent take. Condemn bad behavior, not the people because that leads to polarization. No matter what one side does is supposed to be 100% accepted because they are the “good guys” and the bad guys deserve it- no matter what(?)
I don’t think so. We’re not 3rd graders here.
And can you imagine a future where we’re all driving electric cars? Driving along, and the one in front of you basically vaporizes becoming a norm(?)
I appreciate your final comments the most. I’ve been making good headway with my raging liberal bff from college by doing exactly what you said in the 2nd to last paragraph. Just today she sent me a sound bite snippet of Jared Kushner (because she hates him) and that lead me to listening to the full conversation he had at Harvard with an Egyptian professor. He was explaining how he negotiated the Abraham Accords. One story was about how his approach with a Saudi leader was to start by listening and asking his advice. The guy was so surprised, that lead to establishing a good relationship. So, something I’m realizing and accepting is, there IS something we can all do. It sucks. But here it is:
Listen to people who disgust you.
We all embrace our right to free speech. But what is the yin to the yang? Do we have a right to be heard? In the vaccine moment, those injured have been shut down, silenced. In society, we do not recognize their right to be heard. So I’m not talking about someone screaming or being verbally abusive. When someone is speaking respectfully, how often do we say: I will listen to you. My raging liberal bff did that for me recently and it really opened my heart to her because of how used to being silenced I am. And we’ve been having really productive conversations.
Bravo. Excellent take. Condemn bad behavior, not the people because that leads to polarization. No matter what one side does is supposed to be 100% accepted because they are the “good guys” and the bad guys deserve it- no matter what(?)
I don’t think so. We’re not 3rd graders here.
And can you imagine a future where we’re all driving electric cars? Driving along, and the one in front of you basically vaporizes becoming a norm(?)
I appreciate your final comments the most. I’ve been making good headway with my raging liberal bff from college by doing exactly what you said in the 2nd to last paragraph. Just today she sent me a sound bite snippet of Jared Kushner (because she hates him) and that lead me to listening to the full conversation he had at Harvard with an Egyptian professor. He was explaining how he negotiated the Abraham Accords. One story was about how his approach with a Saudi leader was to start by listening and asking his advice. The guy was so surprised, that lead to establishing a good relationship. So, something I’m realizing and accepting is, there IS something we can all do. It sucks. But here it is:
Listen to people who disgust you.
We all embrace our right to free speech. But what is the yin to the yang? Do we have a right to be heard? In the vaccine moment, those injured have been shut down, silenced. In society, we do not recognize their right to be heard. So I’m not talking about someone screaming or being verbally abusive. When someone is speaking respectfully, how often do we say: I will listen to you. My raging liberal bff did that for me recently and it really opened my heart to her because of how used to being silenced I am. And we’ve been having really productive conversations.
Love this!