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The nastiness of culture wars

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Luckygirl Sun 12-Jul-15 10:18:03

Parliament is a classic example of this - speakers get louder and louder trying to be heard over the baying of the opposition from one side or another. I think they should refuse to speak louder and just carry on in their normal voice - it works with noisy children.

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thatbags Sun 12-Jul-15 07:57:54

Rats! forgot the closing square brackets.

Russell Blackford on culture wars

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thatbags Sun 12-Jul-15 07:57:04

[[https://theconversation.com/life-during-the-culture-wars-44537 a very interesting essay by Australian, Russell Blackford, on what he sees as the loss of civility in political discussions. A key illustration of what he says, and one that I think we would do well to remember on Gransnet sometimes, is that someone with whom one violently disagrees might still be, say, 40% right.

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