debate

  • When reality isn’t extreme

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    Most of the time the stuff we’re arguing about really is what we’re arguing about. It’s easy to play it out, to slide down that slippery slope, take it all the way to the inevitable conclusion. And stake a claim out there. For them. That what they’re saying is so unbelievably ridiculous. To assume we…

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  • Learning to Love – Solving Our Do Unto Others Problem

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    Many of us get caught in shallow or simplistic arguments about security which don’t match scripture or tradition. Here’s how we can change that. Immigration is always in the zeitgeist. We can’t not talk about it. Some raise it to stoke fear or denigrate our government. But for Christians, immigration is always a pressing political…

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  • Beyond Guns

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    Mike Pesca seems to think Charles C. W. Cooke would make an honest argument against gun reform. Here’s why I don’t. I’ve gotten pretty tired of arguing about guns. Not because I don’t like arguing or that I don’t have any good ideas, but it’s more that I don’t think we’re having an honest conversation.…

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  • There are two reasons to care about the tone of debate

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    One is that you care about human decency and how we get along. You care about me and don’t want to see me spiral into the abyss of outrage. Nor do you want to see another person’s outrage leveled at me. That’s why you care about the public square. You want things to go well…

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  • Why I Won’t Debate You

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    We have had a lovely time debating here on Facebook/Twitter/social media. And I have enjoyed this conversation immensely, what with all the reading and responding. I can honestly say that you have caused me to think more thoroughly about my own positions and to honestly consider yours as well. But now I’m going to have to…

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