1) The document discusses the government shutdown from the perspective of the author, Benjamin Howard. Howard notes the divide between Republicans/Tea Party members and others goes beyond ideology to differences in underlying assumptions and ways of forming beliefs (epistemology).
2) Howard argues the Tea Party's beliefs stem from a fear of cultural changes threatening their way of life. This leads to mistrust of outside authorities and clinging to the past.
3) While liberals like Howard see progress as inevitable, their view is not objectively true either. The divide can only be bridged through authentic relationship and understanding between those with differing worldviews.
The psychopathology that explains donald trumpSusana Gallardo
Trump has little understanding of, commitment to, and (psychologically speaking) capacity for democratic decision-making. And that’s been clear from the start. In his convention speech, he said, “I alone can fix” our country’s problems. As author Masha Gessen put it, “Trump is the first candidate in memory who ran not for president but for autocrat—and won.” He won not in spite of that fact but, frighteningly, because of it. Social scientists discovered that the best predictor of who supported Trump wasn’t economic deprivation (for example, having one’s job shipped overseas) but a predilection for authoritarianism, an extreme need for order, a fear of the Other, an attraction to strongman leaders. (Another significant predictor of who was drawn to him, incidentally, was hostile sexism.)
Ethnographic & Gameplay Analysis Research PaperJoseph Thurmond
This document provides context for a study examining how Christian gamers view video game violence. It discusses relevant previous research on the effects of video game violence and morality in gaming. The study will interview two Christian gamers about their perspectives on and experiences with the graphic violence depicted in the video game Dead Space 2. Previous literature on religious gamers and Christian views on media violence in other forms is also reviewed to provide background. The goal is to better understand how religious beliefs may influence perceptions of video game violence.
The author argues that while the protests in Ferguson do not themselves constitute a social movement, they could represent a tipping point that transforms the broad struggle between liberty and order in the US. To be considered a true movement, the protests would need to embrace confrontation more fully to raise the stakes and risk personal commitment beyond just recognizing injustice. The shooting highlights issues of race and police militarization that protests against could mobilize as a movement if confrontation increases.
The extent to the definition of lynching - long essayJoel Roberts
The document discusses whether characterizing hate crimes as lynchings undermines the significance of the term "lynching" or broadens its definition. It analyzes the differences between the definitions of "lynching" and "hate crime" and considers arguments for and against broadening the definition of lynching. While broadening the definition could help incorporate modern prejudices, it may diminish the power and meaning of the term by removing key factors like community involvement and spectacle nature that were integral to historical lynchings.
The document discusses how Gospel values like mercy, compassion, nonviolence, forgiveness and love could be expressed through civil government. It argues that as a government increasingly expresses these values, there would be less need for its coercive functions. However, human fallibility requires some government role to maintain order. Overall, the ideal balance recognizes both Gospel ideals and human limitations.
There is one major point of distinction between the two, however. The fanatically religious can be weakened by pointing to statements promoting peace in their own religious texts. But fanatical atheists cannot be pacified by pointing to anything. The ‘science’ they believe in (atheistic evolution) implies no moral principle. Morality and ethics is optional. It’s a personal choice. It means you can do ‘wrong’ – just don’t get caught. Visit: http://sanjaycpatel.com/is-atheism-a-growing-threat/
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R ecently, we’ve watched the country’s leaders and lawmakers s.docxcatheryncouper
R ecently, we’ve watched the country’s leaders and lawmakers slog through some pretty heavy rhetoric as they dealt with health care reform, reform of the
fi nancial system, and the midterm elections of federal and
state officials. We’ve also heard some pretty good arguments
and seen some pretty good evidence—mainly in the form
of studies we believe were done in a professional manner
by trustworthy people—that such reforms are needed. But
determining which information is “good”—something we,
of course, must do to participate successfully in a democ-
racy—can be difficult amidst the clatter and bang of warring
political parties, adversarial media personalities, rantings
(and sometimes unreliable information) from the blogo-
sphere, and shouting in the streets. In fact, the emotional
tone of public discussion and debate has lately reached lev-
els we haven’t seen since the 1960s, and the rhetoric often
seems more gratuitously misleading now than it did in those
days. (It may be that your authors were simply too young to
recognize it back then, of course. Ahem.)
As it becomes more difficult to fi nd serious discussions
of important issues, it gets easier and easier to fi nd examples
of rhetorical devices designed to provoke emotional, knee-
jerk reactions. Unfortunately (for us as individuals as well
as for public policy), it can be altogether too easy to allow
Students will learn to . . .
1. Recognize and name fallacies that
appeal directly to emotion
2. Recognize and name fallacies that
appeal to psychological elements
other than emotion
6 More Rhetorical Devices Psychological and Related Fallacies
184
moo38286_ch06_184-209.indd 184 12/9/10 1:34 PM
FALLACIES THAT INVOLVE APPEALS TO EMOTION 185
emotional responses to take the place of sound judgment and careful think-
ing. In this chapter, we’ll target some specifi c devices designed to prompt ill-
considered reactions rather than sound judgment—devices that go beyond the
rhetorical coloration we talked about in the last chapter. The stratagems we’ll
discuss sometimes masquerade as arguments, complete with premises and
conclusions and language that would suggest argumentation. But while they
may be made to look or sound like arguments, they don’t provide legitimate
grounds for accepting a conclusion. In place of good reasons for a conclusion,
most of the schemes we’ll look at in this chapter offer us considerations that
are emotionally or psychologically linked to the issue in question. The support
they may appear to offer is only pretended support; you might think of them as
pieces of pretend reasoning, or pseudoreasoning.
The devices in this chapter thus all count as fallacies (a fallacy is a mis-
take in reasoning). The rhetorical devices we discussed in the last chapter—
euphemisms, innuendo, and so forth—aren’t fallacies. Of course, we commit a
fallacy if we think a claim has been supported when the “support” is nothing
mo ...
The psychopathology that explains donald trumpSusana Gallardo
Trump has little understanding of, commitment to, and (psychologically speaking) capacity for democratic decision-making. And that’s been clear from the start. In his convention speech, he said, “I alone can fix” our country’s problems. As author Masha Gessen put it, “Trump is the first candidate in memory who ran not for president but for autocrat—and won.” He won not in spite of that fact but, frighteningly, because of it. Social scientists discovered that the best predictor of who supported Trump wasn’t economic deprivation (for example, having one’s job shipped overseas) but a predilection for authoritarianism, an extreme need for order, a fear of the Other, an attraction to strongman leaders. (Another significant predictor of who was drawn to him, incidentally, was hostile sexism.)
Ethnographic & Gameplay Analysis Research PaperJoseph Thurmond
This document provides context for a study examining how Christian gamers view video game violence. It discusses relevant previous research on the effects of video game violence and morality in gaming. The study will interview two Christian gamers about their perspectives on and experiences with the graphic violence depicted in the video game Dead Space 2. Previous literature on religious gamers and Christian views on media violence in other forms is also reviewed to provide background. The goal is to better understand how religious beliefs may influence perceptions of video game violence.
The author argues that while the protests in Ferguson do not themselves constitute a social movement, they could represent a tipping point that transforms the broad struggle between liberty and order in the US. To be considered a true movement, the protests would need to embrace confrontation more fully to raise the stakes and risk personal commitment beyond just recognizing injustice. The shooting highlights issues of race and police militarization that protests against could mobilize as a movement if confrontation increases.
The extent to the definition of lynching - long essayJoel Roberts
The document discusses whether characterizing hate crimes as lynchings undermines the significance of the term "lynching" or broadens its definition. It analyzes the differences between the definitions of "lynching" and "hate crime" and considers arguments for and against broadening the definition of lynching. While broadening the definition could help incorporate modern prejudices, it may diminish the power and meaning of the term by removing key factors like community involvement and spectacle nature that were integral to historical lynchings.
The document discusses how Gospel values like mercy, compassion, nonviolence, forgiveness and love could be expressed through civil government. It argues that as a government increasingly expresses these values, there would be less need for its coercive functions. However, human fallibility requires some government role to maintain order. Overall, the ideal balance recognizes both Gospel ideals and human limitations.
There is one major point of distinction between the two, however. The fanatically religious can be weakened by pointing to statements promoting peace in their own religious texts. But fanatical atheists cannot be pacified by pointing to anything. The ‘science’ they believe in (atheistic evolution) implies no moral principle. Morality and ethics is optional. It’s a personal choice. It means you can do ‘wrong’ – just don’t get caught. Visit: http://sanjaycpatel.com/is-atheism-a-growing-threat/
Definition of honor Essay Example Topics and Well Written Essays .... My definition of honor video essay Ryan Joy - YouTube. How To Write The National Honor Society Essay?. Essay On Honor: Honors Price For A Modern Man. National Honor society Essay Example Lovely Leadership Definition Essay .... A perfect example of a great essay to get accepted into the National .... Honor-Definition-AdobeStock_97971985.jpg Military Non-Profit Consulting. 023 National Honor Society Character Essay Example Opinion Nhs Thatsnotus. 011 Why Should I In National Honor Society Essay Example Thatsnotus. Honor Definition Essay Samples. Honor Essay Example Topics and Well Written Essays - 500 words. Narrative essay: National honor society essay. 006 Essay Example National Honor Society Letter Of Recommendation For .... Imposing Why Should I Be In National Honor Society Essay Thatsnotus. Defining Honor- Video Essay - YouTube. Essay On Honor: What Does It Mean For You? findwritingservice.com. National Honor Society Essay How to Write? Format, Example and .... ️ National honor society essay examples. National Honor Society. 2019-02-01. Example for honor society essay National honor society, Honor society .... Surprising National Honor Society Essay Character Thatsnotus. Being an honor student essay in 2021 Honor student, Essay, Student. National Honor S
R ecently, we’ve watched the country’s leaders and lawmakers s.docxcatheryncouper
R ecently, we’ve watched the country’s leaders and lawmakers slog through some pretty heavy rhetoric as they dealt with health care reform, reform of the
fi nancial system, and the midterm elections of federal and
state officials. We’ve also heard some pretty good arguments
and seen some pretty good evidence—mainly in the form
of studies we believe were done in a professional manner
by trustworthy people—that such reforms are needed. But
determining which information is “good”—something we,
of course, must do to participate successfully in a democ-
racy—can be difficult amidst the clatter and bang of warring
political parties, adversarial media personalities, rantings
(and sometimes unreliable information) from the blogo-
sphere, and shouting in the streets. In fact, the emotional
tone of public discussion and debate has lately reached lev-
els we haven’t seen since the 1960s, and the rhetoric often
seems more gratuitously misleading now than it did in those
days. (It may be that your authors were simply too young to
recognize it back then, of course. Ahem.)
As it becomes more difficult to fi nd serious discussions
of important issues, it gets easier and easier to fi nd examples
of rhetorical devices designed to provoke emotional, knee-
jerk reactions. Unfortunately (for us as individuals as well
as for public policy), it can be altogether too easy to allow
Students will learn to . . .
1. Recognize and name fallacies that
appeal directly to emotion
2. Recognize and name fallacies that
appeal to psychological elements
other than emotion
6 More Rhetorical Devices Psychological and Related Fallacies
184
moo38286_ch06_184-209.indd 184 12/9/10 1:34 PM
FALLACIES THAT INVOLVE APPEALS TO EMOTION 185
emotional responses to take the place of sound judgment and careful think-
ing. In this chapter, we’ll target some specifi c devices designed to prompt ill-
considered reactions rather than sound judgment—devices that go beyond the
rhetorical coloration we talked about in the last chapter. The stratagems we’ll
discuss sometimes masquerade as arguments, complete with premises and
conclusions and language that would suggest argumentation. But while they
may be made to look or sound like arguments, they don’t provide legitimate
grounds for accepting a conclusion. In place of good reasons for a conclusion,
most of the schemes we’ll look at in this chapter offer us considerations that
are emotionally or psychologically linked to the issue in question. The support
they may appear to offer is only pretended support; you might think of them as
pieces of pretend reasoning, or pseudoreasoning.
The devices in this chapter thus all count as fallacies (a fallacy is a mis-
take in reasoning). The rhetorical devices we discussed in the last chapter—
euphemisms, innuendo, and so forth—aren’t fallacies. Of course, we commit a
fallacy if we think a claim has been supported when the “support” is nothing
mo ...
This document discusses the debate around requiring employers to provide contraceptive coverage in health insurance plans. It argues that:
1) Requiring contraceptive coverage is a practical policy issue rather than an attack on religious freedom, as public health laws can regulate risks without violating liberty.
2) Most Catholics support contraceptive access and do not view common forms like IUDs as immoral. Restricting access could increase abortions by curtailing birth control.
3) Those opposing the requirement frame it as a religious issue but it is essentially a debate about moral standards, and their arguments are not compelling to most people or even many Catholics. Practical health policy should not be thwarted by claims of religious freedom
This document discusses various forms of discrimination faced by atheists in Western culture. It provides examples of how atheists are often portrayed negatively in media and society as immoral, amoral, or responsible for societal problems. Prominent historical figures like Socrates who were accused of atheism are discussed. The document argues that discrimination takes many subtle forms, and atheists represent a minority group that is an easy target for attacks.
This document discusses various forms of discrimination faced by atheists in Western culture. It provides examples of how atheists are often portrayed negatively in media and society as immoral, amoral, or responsible for societal problems. Prominent historical figures like Socrates who were accused of atheism are discussed. The document argues that discrimination takes many subtle forms, and atheists represent a minority group that is an easy target for attacks.
This document discusses various forms of discrimination faced by atheists in Western culture. It provides examples of how atheists are often portrayed negatively in media and society as immoral, amoral, or responsible for societal problems. Prominent historical figures like Socrates who were accused of atheism are discussed. The document argues that discrimination against atheists takes many subtle forms, like attempts to portray famous scientists like Einstein as religious to discount their accomplishments or contributions as atheists. Overall, it analyzes how atheists face marginalization and vilification in Western culture similar to other minority groups.
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Cereal was developed in the United States as a processed grain breakfast item. An early version was created in 1830 by Dr. Sylvester Graham using whole wheat flour, and the first modern cereal was produced in the 1860s by Dr. James Jackson under the name "granula". Mass production of breakfast cereal began in the late 19th century under John Harvey Kellogg, who manufactured the first flaked cereal grains and founded one of the first major cereal companies.
The document discusses the challenges of writing an essay arguing against gun control, including navigating the emotionally charged debate with sensitivity, anticipating and effectively countering opposing viewpoints, and maintaining a well-structured argument. It notes that such an essay requires thorough research, consideration of multiple perspectives, and strong argumentation skills due to the controversial nature of the topic. The document also provides resources for students seeking assistance with academic writing on various topics.
DisscussionI believe that being cognitively rigid and isolate.docxjameywaughj
Disscussion:
I believe that being cognitively rigid and isolated play the largest role in the radicalization of an individual. It is extremely difficult to change the mind of someone who is either set in their extreme beliefs and/or is ignorant to outside facts/statistics or the diverse and nuanced outlooks that other individuals possess. That rigidity combined with isolation with other like-minded people creates a blissful enclave, void of any other ideas that could disrupt or conflict with their ideologies and “rightful” view of the world. With that in mind, I strongly believe that members of the right are far more likely to be radicalized than the left. Through our textbooks and assigned videos, I have learned a lot about key characteristics that are significant in the Republican and Democratic parties. One of those characteristics being that liberals are more open-minded than conservatives. I believe that conservatives' close-mindedness and traditional perspective make individuals less likely to accept or acknowledge other outlooks as correct. This makes a more slippery slope for individuals who may start isolating themselves from other ideas and are heavily influenced by false ideas over long periods of time.
In my opinion, the January 6th insurrection directly reflects the potent racism that thrives in our country. I believe that the terrorist event that transpired is the direct result of the blatant, off-kilter behavior of former president Trump and the encouragement and replication of his actions by our country’s most influential Republican leaders/figures. Domestic terrorists have fervently defended Trump because of what he represents: the prevalence of racism. Through his prejudiced travel restrictions against Muslim and Latin American countries; his inappropriate social media posts that uplift organizations like the KKK while bashing and slandering groups like BLM; and his cancellation of DACA and caging/separation of undocumented families, Trump has clearly and brazenly distinguished himself and his racist beliefs. For many Americans, Trump is a racist emblem that prevails despite the world’s admonishment; for this reason, it is only natural that many Americans would readily jump to the defense of Trump, a man who emboldens racists who are otherwise suppressed by progressive members of society. However, I would like to elucidate that racists have always been alive and well, Trump simply inspired them over the course of his presidency. I would sometimes wonder how our country could transition from such a progressive man like Barack Obama to a man like Donald Trump, but, through my recent understanding of US history, I see that progressives and racists are at a constant battle, neither progressing then backtracking, nor prevailing entirely, but always clashing and evolving with time--even in 2021. As Video 3 presumes, white supremacism and domestic terrorism can be attributed to the statistic that the white race will.
The document discusses the failure of philosophy and economics and the corruption of other fields. It argues that reality precedes knowledge, and truth reveals reality. It claims that adopting an ideology prevents listening to reality to inform knowledge. It discusses how to live with virtue rather than commandments, and asks why we are experiencing an ethical crisis. The document suggests our cultural defaults regarding ethics are obsolete, and examines how empathy and caring are natural human capacities that can be overridden by ideas.
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Polarization: On the Threshold between Political Ideology and Social RealityUniversité de Montréal
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https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/polarization-on-the-threshold-between-political-ideology-and-social-reality
This document provides a response to an opinion article criticizing the Obama administration's stance on requiring religious institutions to provide contraception coverage. The response argues that:
1) Requiring contraception coverage is a matter of practical public health policy rather than an attack on religious freedom.
2) Most Catholics do not differ significantly from others on issues of gender, sex, and life and support contraception and stem cell research.
3) Restricting contraception access could increase abortions and restrict condom access leading to more AIDS deaths, which would be sad and repugnant to many.
4) While religious institutions can influence ethics, they must make moral arguments through transparent human reasoning rather than relying on
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This document discusses political tensions and dysfunction from a non-dual perspective. It argues that most political issues arise from an overemphasis on dualistic thinking rather than a non-dual vision. A non-dual approach sees all people and realities as interconnected and aims for intimacy between subjects, identity within reality, integrity within people, and indeterminacy between created and uncreated things. This transcends polarized thinking and nurtures creative political tensions with understanding. Dysfunctions occur when dualism overrides non-duality, as in overly emphasizing differences rather than shared values.
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1. THE DISPARATE WORLDS OF WARRING MINDS: THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF
A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
by Benjamin Howard
My first thoughts last Monday, the first day of our government shutdown, were about the
show The Newsroom. Mainly, I was wondering how many people were looking up the
scene on YouTube, in which Will McAvoy calls the Tea Party the “American Taliban.” It felt
incredibly apt for a day that seemed, from my perspective, like a small guerrilla group
storming the Capital building and taking the entire US government hostage. Scenes and
rhetoric which I had once believed only to exist in the purview of one-dimensional Sorkin
villains were now being uttered by actual, live human beings. My twitter feed exploded…
mainly with tweets from me.
As is my typical response to governmental ineptitude, I attempted to channel my own
inner-Colbert. What’s the good of a manufactured crisis if you can’t get your internet
friends to laugh? None, I tell you. None at all.
As the avalanche of mockery poured forth from my keystrokes, I began to wonder at the
ease with which I was able to treat the Tea Party, and those associated with it, as an
abstraction; as a construct, rather than actual people. And I’ll be damned if humanizing
your villains doesn’t always make for too much introspection.
So I made an attempt to try to understand the rhetorical gymnastics that could cause this
particular maneuver to seem like a good idea. However, as I reflected on the political beliefs
that had led to this point, beliefs shared by acquaintances and some in my own family, I
began to wonder if the divide was something deeper than mere ideology. In fact, I’m now
convinced that our current political crisis is not born of ideological differences, but
epistemological ones. It’s not a difference in the “what” of belief as much as it is a difference
in the “why” and the “how.”
Of course, this is not to say that ideological differences do not exist. It is all too easy to point
to a plethora of ready examples, from policy regarding deficit spending to gun control to
the role of government in healthcare. But the disconnect is deeper. These aren’t simple
disagreements by warring factions who share the same underlying assumptions; they are
disagreements over the assumptions themselves; they are disagreements about the nature
of belief.
The beliefs of Republicans, or at the very least the Tea Partiers who currently hold the reins
of the Republicans in the House, are largely based on the fear of unmanageable cultural
shifts and a resulting mistrust of those they see as representatives of this shift, those not
part of their tribe. This fear leads them to cling to the social mores of a so-called golden age,
willful naiveté in the face of complexity, and to look to the recent past for a template of
stability. All of which are formed in a crucible of fear.
2. This can be seen most obviously in the debates over the Affordable Care Act (aka
Obamacare) and over gun control legislation. The anger and vitriol which the Right exhibits
in these disputes is not about preserving freedom (despite their language); it is about the
fear that their way of life is under attack. Even when proposed legislation may have little
practical effect, or even bring about changes ostensibly in line with their beliefs, they are
afraid that “the country they know is slipping away.” This leads to the indignation we see in
these numerous debates. What happens when you’re afraid and no one seems to be paying
attention? You start yelling and waving your arms.
Additionally, this fear gives rise to an insular epistemology which serves as a rallying cry in
a battle between the “righteous us” and the “despotic them.” And in such a posture, outside
authorities cannot be trusted, for they are the “THEY” which is so feared. This distrust of
outside authorities who represent the cultural shifts at work in our society is responsible
for the persecution complex, the continued paranoia, and the conspiracy theories which
run rampant in the Tea Party’s ideology.
A recurring theme in recent years has been the inability of Republicans to accept as fact,
information which clashes with their fixed preconceptions. Multiple reports have surfaced
that, in the face of dour poll results before the 2012 election, Mitt Romney, his campaign
staff, and many of his supporters flatly refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the
numbers, insisting that they were the product of the liberal media. Similarly, there are
those who continue to hold to the “Birther” narrative, long after Barack Obama released his
birth certificate for scrutiny, or those who argue that the ACA is destroying the country,
even when the evidence runs contrary to such claims. When fear and mistrust run rampant,
even facts must bend to the underlying convictions.
The epistemological gulf that stands between the parties in Washington is one that has
been opening for years now in the Christian theological landscape. The Tea Party’s
fundamental way of viewing the world and posture of fear is predated (and arguably,
grows out of) Evangelical Christianity’s response to the shift of cultural fault-lines. Its
literal apocalyptic interpretations, strict fundamentalism, and a similar mistrust of
centralized authority (i.e. a strain of anti-intellectualism that rejects Biblical criticism),
prefigure the Tea Party’s strands of visceral reaction against science and post-modernity.
This goes a long way in explaining why the Tea Party movement resonates so strongly
within Evangelical spheres.
While it is clear from the rhetoric involved that I (and probably most of you) do not share
the ideology or the epistemology of either Tea Party Republicans or the Evangelical
Christians who helped give rise to them, it must also be said that our own progressive
epistemology holds no intrinsic claim to absolute truth either. It may very well be wrong. In
the same way that I believe the Tea Partiers’ epistemology to be wrong, they believe mine
to be equally fallacious, and the truth is, we may very well both be correct.
If the Right Wing Conservative epistemology is built on fear, the Left Wing Liberal’s (mine)
is based on a mythos of progress. While certainly a sunnier disposition, it’s not necessarily
a correct one.
3. The intellectual framework on which our belief in progress is founded establishes an
unwavering trust that truth is something quantifiable and firmly established by facts, a
fetishization of education to the degree that arguments garbed in highly intellectual jargon
seem intuitively true, and the certainty of a brighter future as cultural shifts continue to
move in what we consider a positive direction. These all flow out of the unrelenting belief
in the mythos of inexorable progress.
The reason it’s so easy to believe that “our side” is objectively right stems from our
participation in a country that has, by and large, already adopted this standard of measure,
and where such presuppositions are accepted as a societal and cultural norm. While the
statistical majority of the population may not believe this to be true, the “majority of ideas”
has won the day on this front. Whether it be media, science, or our present-day renderings
of our historical perspective, all had their tutelage in the halls of academia where
knowledge for knowledge’s sake holds absolute sway.
All of this has worked in concert to foster an intellectual hubris on the part of liberal
thinkers (i.e. me) that has crystallized an accepted ideology as objectively true. All the proof
one needs for this is simply to read my twitter feed, or that of any other self-proclaimed
progressive, and consider their constant belittling and self-aggrandized mockery of those
they believe to be less intelligent, and less worthy of a hearing.
This belief in progress and the intellectual hubris that it engenders work to exacerbate the
fear and mistrust prevalent among Evangelicals and Conservatives. It serves as little more
than a confirmation that their darkest fears are being realized, and that they were right to
distrust in the first place. Because they look to the memorable past, any movement away
from that is suspect, indeed frightening. Because we look to the certain future, and are
pushing to bend the arc of history toward it, we are confirming their worst fears that
culture is changing, in flux around them. Meanwhile, we ridicule their words and dismiss
their beliefs. How chilling must it be to express your fears (whether legitimate or not), and
be met with mockery and derision?
If this were only a division of ideology, reconciliation would be found through the means of
debate, through facts and theories. We would win one another to our cause. But this isn’t a
schism of ideology; its roots lie deeper – they are more entrenched, and less examined. In
an epistemological divide, reconciliation can never have winning as its goal. The gap
between the disparate worlds of warring minds can only be bridged through the
authenticity and vulnerability of legitimate relationship. We must encounter the other, and
though we find she is not the same as us, we must deign to see her as similar. We must
humanize those we so often demonize.
This means that we must come into conversation sans agenda, sans ideology, and with the
humility that the deepest assumptions underlying our own beliefs may ultimately be
wrong. This is not a call to relinquish the most formative tenets of our faith (whether that
faith be political or religious), but it does require us to come, unarmed, to the table of truce.
And while a truce is no end-game, it is at the very least, a step forward (oops, that’s the
4. language of progress), a step back from the brink, to use a more Republican friendly
metaphor. And it is this, the ability to be able to speak the language of the other, not just to
have dialogue, but to have dialogue and be understood, that is the mark of maturity, and
honestly, the only path to reconciliation.
But like I said, it’s entirely possible that I’m wrong about everything. Maybe the way of
reconciliation is to hold the government hostage, to argue about whose fault it is, to call
Republicans names, and to play to our basest instincts. ‘Cause you know, anything’s
possible.