This is the best eulogy for Kirk I've read. Your recounting of the debate is basically a
Eulogy for debate. That discipline is dead as far as I'm concerned if it has degenerated to that extent. Charlie died trying to reform the identity politics sinkhole our country has become, and those of us who remain must pick up the torch, shake the world by the shoulders, and bring it back to common sense and the sensible center.
I see an assumption here that what's going on in real-world politics is a) a clash of ideas no different from the clashes of 50 years ago and b) a clash of normal politicians who do normal things. But I think the past decade as different in two major ways. First, national politics has become much more of a personality cult/soap opera than a battle of ideas, as national Republicans follow their leader Trump even when he flip-flops. (Of course, this is partially downstream from unprincipled, hyper-partisan media, as media become less and less willing to criticize their side). Second, Trump is arguably not a normal politician - often in ways that tend to inflame our polarization. If Paul Ryan was President now, our politics might still be more insane than in 2005, but they would still be less insane than they are.
Appreciate your POV but it isn't well past time to be honest and recognize this has zero to do with our current electoral (left v right) politics, and everything to do with disaffected young men and a major mental health crisis in this country?
This is the best eulogy for Kirk I've read. Your recounting of the debate is basically a
Eulogy for debate. That discipline is dead as far as I'm concerned if it has degenerated to that extent. Charlie died trying to reform the identity politics sinkhole our country has become, and those of us who remain must pick up the torch, shake the world by the shoulders, and bring it back to common sense and the sensible center.
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I see an assumption here that what's going on in real-world politics is a) a clash of ideas no different from the clashes of 50 years ago and b) a clash of normal politicians who do normal things. But I think the past decade as different in two major ways. First, national politics has become much more of a personality cult/soap opera than a battle of ideas, as national Republicans follow their leader Trump even when he flip-flops. (Of course, this is partially downstream from unprincipled, hyper-partisan media, as media become less and less willing to criticize their side). Second, Trump is arguably not a normal politician - often in ways that tend to inflame our polarization. If Paul Ryan was President now, our politics might still be more insane than in 2005, but they would still be less insane than they are.
Appreciate your POV but it isn't well past time to be honest and recognize this has zero to do with our current electoral (left v right) politics, and everything to do with disaffected young men and a major mental health crisis in this country?