Wow if this doesn’t DIRECTLY apply to interactions I’ve had lately with people who refuse to engage in face-to-face discussion, then either hide, or else smile and pretend like everything is OK through shallow or evasive conversation while they privately garner support in their personal echo chambers made up only of people who think like they do and stroke thier ego…
“If you cannot handle disagreement…you are making the country worse. You’re driving political polarization by failing to engage on the level of discussion…discussion makes the country better. But you feeling insulted and then whining about it…and then suggesting you’re a victim…that I’ve victimized you…–this makes the country a worse place.” —Ben Shapiro
Yup. What are you so afraid of? Freedom of thought? Considerations that are *gasp* different from what you’re used to? We’d both benefit from that kind of interaction! But no, even the most outspoken are the ones who are the most sore when someone speaks back to them…COME ON! Let’s be friends…it takes work–and respect, if you can muster it…