tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post5454241845921299025..comments2024-03-28T15:14:59.328-07:00Comments on The Church of the Open Road Press: A “TIMELY” DISCUSSION ABOUT US AND OUR DISCUSSIONSBumpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05498776240120709232noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-4924006298885411692017-01-15T21:44:58.533-08:002017-01-15T21:44:58.533-08:00Nicely done. If only we could coalesce around the ...Nicely done. If only we could coalesce around the civility and quality (and sincerity/honesty) of discourse- a "process" thing, and your vertical axis - and not so much around the content variation (your horizontal axis). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-89191440316432960292017-01-15T21:44:01.973-08:002017-01-15T21:44:01.973-08:00 I wonder whether the reality of polarization is a... I wonder whether the reality of polarization is a chicken and egg sorta thing. Did the polarization of our leaders lead to our polarization as a citizenry, or did our polarized citizenry give us polarized leaders?Bumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05498776240120709232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-29435550180064730142017-01-15T21:43:25.401-08:002017-01-15T21:43:25.401-08:00We have collectively developed a my team vs your t...We have collectively developed a my team vs your team mentality. When our leadership won't even try to talk to each other constructively to try and achieve pragmatic plans to solve real problems, and instead make up ideological distractions (for example, trans persons in bathrooms), where do the rest of us turn? "Killery" on one side, "Drumph" on the other. And the polarization is encouraged, emotionalized. I'm personally at a loss. I'm part of the problem, too, I suppose. I have values, ethics, ideals. There are some lines I just can't make myself cross.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com