I believe that being clear about our subject-positions is the path not only to personal integrity but also a flourishing pluralist society and democracy. But I'm also not surprised that holding my opinions strongly might make others afraid to answer with strong opinions of their own. (And if they foist that fear off on me, as not wanting to "upset" me, so be it.)
But the whole point of sharing ideas is to be part of a bigger conversation. How dull that chat would be, if we all thought alike! /ร
Pretty full of themselves,
if I do say, @MLClark ๐
He took a couple of rhetoric classes recently. He is very proud of what he learned from them! ๐ Like a first-year psych student who warns everyone that they now know how to manipulate the masses.
Read like some fancy-shmancy mansplaining to me, @MLClark
๐ Garden variety, honestly.
But not a bad first attempt! Maybe after a few more classes, he'll ace the assignment.
"You can't handle the truth," wordily paraphrased, @MLClark ๐
It is very cute that he thinks his dissent would just devastate me.
I hope you're having a fun day yourself! The mall has grown too loud for work (everyone's too excited!), so I'm packing up to head home for the next three hours to finish a key task. Then game time!
Looking forward to the game, @MLClark. Hoping Colombia can pull off the upset. I do get the feeling CONMEBOL has predetermined this is Argentina's trophy. Hope I'm wrong.
I agree, but there's always a chance that Colombia will play well enough to keep officials from having the opportunity to skew results! ๐ค๐ป
I hope so, @MLClark ๐ค I've been a James fan since he played with Bayern.
And I don't share the above to make fun of the person suggesting that my "moods" make him afraid to comment on my work.
The comment speaks to something bigger: a view of dissent I see a lot in our small-c conservative climate.
It's really hard to build a healthy conversation when folks (for whatever reason) are afraid to share how they really feel about something.
The question is how to build a society where people don't see dissent as dangerous. Constructive dialogue is hard--but necessary!