Hi all, I’m back blogging here at the NS again, after a long break.\u00c2\u00a0 Ready to get back to it.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks, John, for keeping the fire burning.<\/p>\n
David French<\/a>, over at National Review<\/em>, has some pretty dark views about whether the partisan divide will ever be bridged, given the polarization of the political populace.\u00c2\u00a0 He makes some nice observations that polarization yields the view that one’s opposition is less open-minded, intelligent, honest, or even hard working than the average American.\u00c2\u00a0 (He leaves out the fact that polarization is both the result and cause of the divide, which is that it’s too often that we only talk to and read our own side…).<\/p>\n His argument that we can’t overcome polarization is on the basis of what he sees as who would need to be the leader for it. Namely, the new president, Mr. Trump.\u00c2\u00a0 The Donald has alienated folks given the way he’s campaigned (and given the inaugural), so folks don’t trust him.\u00c2\u00a0 But even if he were to soften his tone and recognized his political opponents as more than craven losers, French doesn’t think it’d make things better.<\/p>\n Hi all, I’m back blogging here at the NS again, after a long break.\u00c2\u00a0 Ready to get back to it.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks, John, for keeping the fire burning. David French, over at National Review, has some pretty dark views about whether the partisan divide will ever be bridged, given the polarization of the political populace.\u00c2\u00a0 He … Continue reading Polarization Perfectionism<\/span> \n
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