What I am thinking about this morning is political disagreements. We can’t get away from them and we shouldn’t but lately some of us have taken them in a very bad direction.
If I think you espouse a wrong-headed political I should do one of two things:
Ignore that because your politics are your own concern.
or… Present you with my better and more logical beliefs and persuade you to accept them.
What seems to be happening lately is that some of us have adopted the attitudes and behaviors of the most backward and dictatorial regimes in modern history.
There is the urge to hurt or punish those who disagree with us instead of attempting to educate them so that they will recognize the error of their ways. This is the way of the worst elements of the human race. Shut down dissent. Lock up the newspapers and TV stations that publish things we disagree with. Those who will not “toe the party line” will be punished either through imprisonment or being put out of business and impoverished.
This is not the American way. We are encouraged (rightly) to celebrate Diversity in matters of Race and Ethnicity – we should add “Diversity of Opinion” to that list. We should celebrate Freedom.
I will get off the stump now – it is your turn.
If I think you espouse a wrong-headed political I should do one of two things:
Ignore that because your politics are your own concern.
or… Present you with my better and more logical beliefs and persuade you to accept them.
What seems to be happening lately is that some of us have adopted the attitudes and behaviors of the most backward and dictatorial regimes in modern history.
There is the urge to hurt or punish those who disagree with us instead of attempting to educate them so that they will recognize the error of their ways. This is the way of the worst elements of the human race. Shut down dissent. Lock up the newspapers and TV stations that publish things we disagree with. Those who will not “toe the party line” will be punished either through imprisonment or being put out of business and impoverished.
This is not the American way. We are encouraged (rightly) to celebrate Diversity in matters of Race and Ethnicity – we should add “Diversity of Opinion” to that list. We should celebrate Freedom.
I will get off the stump now – it is your turn.
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