“The tragedy: When one extreme attacks, the other always radicalizes in response.” “Instead of building bridges around shared values, both sides build walls around shared resentment.” Like you, my friends are on either end of the spectrum and I cherish our open discussions in mutual respect. Sometimes we gather together and keep politics off the table. Other times we silo our sitting discussions of how upset one side is with the other. The Irish poem pleading about “why can’t the center hold?” is a referent appropriate to our current chaos. Thank you for appeal to mutual understanding.
This hit hard, so powerful: the moment you worship power, you lose your principles.
“The tragedy: When one extreme attacks, the other always radicalizes in response.” “Instead of building bridges around shared values, both sides build walls around shared resentment.” Like you, my friends are on either end of the spectrum and I cherish our open discussions in mutual respect. Sometimes we gather together and keep politics off the table. Other times we silo our sitting discussions of how upset one side is with the other. The Irish poem pleading about “why can’t the center hold?” is a referent appropriate to our current chaos. Thank you for appeal to mutual understanding.
Grateful for your balanced view, something that seems to be in short supply.