This week . . . shows signs on exhaustion—perhaps even a hint of desperation—on the jousting field of polarization. When the right accuses the left of racism and holding back blacks…and the left accuses the right of not caring enough about the deficit and laments the demise of The Weekly Standard as the closing of the “conservative mind,” at least you know the imaginative spirit of Orwell is alive and well, even if serious political discourse is not.
When reading these examples, check the above list and ask yourself: regardless of whether you agree or disagree, is this really advancing an intelligent resolution through the persuasive, rational arguments of advocacy…or simply fueling the fire of conflict through the divisive, emotional manipulations of polarization?
Here are just a few of the blue and red polarizing headlines from the past week.
Blue Headlines
Republicans have given up on democracy, deficits, and laws
Republican sore loser power grabs corrode our democracy so badly because they have no limits
How Republicans helped the rich raid the U.S. Treasury
The Rise of the Robots: How Trump and the Republicans betrayed their base voters
The closing of the conservative mind – and of The Weekly Standard
Republicans in Congress Are in Turmoil, Thanks to Trump
Research predicted this wave of right-wing domestic terrorism. Republicans tanked the report.
