Tag: politics

  • But You Have to Pick One

    Lies We Believe About Ourselves and Others Day Two: But You Have to Pick One So many issues, so little time. Pick a contemporary American issue. Heck, pick a classical political issue. It can, and almost always is or has been, reduced to two diametrically opposed opposites. Women’s suffrage – for or against. Emancipation –…

  • But They’re On the Other Side of Me

    Lies We Believe About Ourselves and Others Day One: But They’re On the Other Side of Me It’s no secret that America is more divided than ever before. The racist right versus the triggered left. Socialist AOC versus Nazi Donald Trump. It’s easy to label people. It helps us know who we’re for and who…

  • Disagree, Denounce, Divide

    Lies We Believe About Ourselves and Others Day Three: Disagree, Denounce, Divide To continue our conversation from yesterday on being right, there are a two key ways to assert our correctness to those around us. We can debate or we can discuss. The key difference between the two has to do with the motivation. With…