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Why “they started it” is the defense of the guilty
At once obvious and devious, focusing on who starts a conflict is a clever way to avoid thinking about who is exploiting it.
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The selective character of calling this a new precedent
When we establish a precedent, we are choosing to follow a certain path. We like to pretend that none of this is our choice.
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Learning to love politics and religion
We love to say that politics and religion doesn’t mix, but religion is political by definition. They can’t be separated.
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The truth about polarization we don’t want to hear
We talk about polarization like its something that happens to us. Rather than the byproduct of what we’re actually doing.
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What bothsides coverage really reveals about us
While bothsides coverage is the fallback character of the modern news room, it is distorts and avoids the truth.
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When neutral isn’t neutral
We have a false image of neutrality. Ending affirmative action damages the neutrality equality actually brings to us.
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There is one people
“What do we do with division?” The question is so common, yet we hardly question it. But it is based on a faulty assumption.
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Literalism and other intentional misunderstandings
We all outgrow literalism as a thought process. Some want us to stay there, intellectually. And they know why.