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i can't tell you how honored i am that you posted this here. thank you for always leaning into civil conversations with me. you're the homie of all homies.

a couple of years ago i got this book for my dad, who is extremely informed and well-spoken but fell into the “us versus them” trap of politics

couldn’t have a respectful political conversation with anyone who didn’t agree with him, they were all idiots 

https://g.co/kgs/fb4XWD8

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When we engage in a dialectic, it is with the intention of learning about the other's side and perhaps developing an understanding of one's "little t" truth and perhaps gaining a glimmer of the "big t" Truth.

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I’ve found outside the states that we are able to have these type of conversations much more easily.  Curious if this applies more to American/Western discourse or if the aversion is spreading.

"... they expected a graffiti slogan, not a play piece"
quote from "Praise of the Opposite" by G. Stefanovski