To give presidential candidates, who don’t even know who we are, power over our most intimate relationships is to bestow them with one more power of which they are not worthy.
A memorable point in the movie “Reagan” was when he reminded Tip O’Neil that six o’clock happens sometime each day … and they switch from rivalry to two Irish guys enjoying drinks.
See also: Warner Bros. Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf, who bashed each other on-the-clock while staying civil off-the-clock.
If God can still respect us as living souls while we are yet in disagreement with Him, we should at least remember to respect our neighbor, as a fellow human with unalienable rights, even when we disagree … even when incivility is called for in the face of intellectual dishonesty; civility there is counterproductive in the defense of liberty.
See Matthew chapter 23.
OTOH, act to deny your neighbor’s unalienable rights, and it’s on like Donkey Kong.
The elevation of the political in our society to the status of an all encompassing morality is a tragedy. Much of it centers around a narcissism of minor differences , an insistence on treating trivial differences as if they were all important.The personal is not merely seen as political, the political is deemed as superior to the personal. What that does to people is terrible! It creates a radical inauthenticity where shunning and what’s called virtue signaling achieve primacy. You become a kind of floating dis’s associated personality who acts a role in the world , perpetually afraid you’ll slip out of character.
I remember reading this one as well over at Daily Economy, and it's something we can all apply in our own daily lives. There isn't a single individual in my social circle (family, friends, work) who agrees with me 100 percent on anything, whether it's religion, politics, and...definitely not sports since I've never once supported the local teams. Lol.
But at the end of the day, what is it that we DO have in common? A love for reading, fitness, and other aspects of life. And differences in political or philosophical opinion, however strong, shouldn't mean that we need to abandon anyone who we became friends with in other realms of life.
A memorable point in the movie “Reagan” was when he reminded Tip O’Neil that six o’clock happens sometime each day … and they switch from rivalry to two Irish guys enjoying drinks.
See also: Warner Bros. Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf, who bashed each other on-the-clock while staying civil off-the-clock.
If God can still respect us as living souls while we are yet in disagreement with Him, we should at least remember to respect our neighbor, as a fellow human with unalienable rights, even when we disagree … even when incivility is called for in the face of intellectual dishonesty; civility there is counterproductive in the defense of liberty.
See Matthew chapter 23.
OTOH, act to deny your neighbor’s unalienable rights, and it’s on like Donkey Kong.
I completely agree with the sentiment expressed here but I believe the Reagan - O’Neil friendship is a myth.
The elevation of the political in our society to the status of an all encompassing morality is a tragedy. Much of it centers around a narcissism of minor differences , an insistence on treating trivial differences as if they were all important.The personal is not merely seen as political, the political is deemed as superior to the personal. What that does to people is terrible! It creates a radical inauthenticity where shunning and what’s called virtue signaling achieve primacy. You become a kind of floating dis’s associated personality who acts a role in the world , perpetually afraid you’ll slip out of character.
I remember reading this one as well over at Daily Economy, and it's something we can all apply in our own daily lives. There isn't a single individual in my social circle (family, friends, work) who agrees with me 100 percent on anything, whether it's religion, politics, and...definitely not sports since I've never once supported the local teams. Lol.
But at the end of the day, what is it that we DO have in common? A love for reading, fitness, and other aspects of life. And differences in political or philosophical opinion, however strong, shouldn't mean that we need to abandon anyone who we became friends with in other realms of life.