I
watched this School for Advanced Research discussion yesterday. It highlights some of the
discussions we had in the Fantastic 4 Quad Rants and well as wider integral/meta
circles.
The
both agreed that a huge problem is that truth has gone by the wayside
in political engagement. Rosenfeld seemed to suggest it was a problem on
both sides. But Solnit was far more specific that it was the Republican
Party that is much more responsible for a complete and utter disregard
for both truth and democracy.
Rosenfeld
asserts that we must all dedicate our conversation to expressing the
truth with those whom we disagree. In addition, such conversation must
adhere to basic rules of civility to be effective. Whereas Solnit
strongly disagreed in that the Republican Party has gone so far into
authoritarianism that at this point there is no debate or civility
possible with them. They must instead be exposed and defeated.
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