J says: March 25, 2014 at 2:42 am I think the eastern philosophies get it right by preaching moderation, whereas westerners always want to find things they can take to the extreme. Polarization itself is the one political issue I take a stand on. I want people’s default answer to almost any controversial question to be “it’s complicated”, followed by several instances of “this group prefers solution X for this valid reason” for different viewpoints. Thus we would educate each other and promote understanding rather than simply pushing viewpoints we support. And this reminds me that I once saw an absolutely brilliant comment on reddit where someone advocated being able to make good arguments against what you believe. A reply challenged them to take the opposite position, whereupon they wrote a brilliant rebuttal to their original comment, pointing out lots of good reasons to be decisive and true to what you actually believe. I wish I could find the link.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:25:44 +0000
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