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Take a Position, Not a Side: Towards a Healthier Civic Discourse

By Filings on Tue, 10/03/23
Society & Culture
Public Discourse
Debate
Tribalism
Intellectual Laziness

“Sides are intellectually easy and emotionally satisfying. Positions are intellectually challenging and emotionally complex. Once you know which side you’re on—in the culture war, or the political war—you can let your friends, or your podcasts, do your thinking for you.” - Persuasion

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Topics: Public Discourse, Truth, Abraham Lincoln
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  • “The Christian Twitterverse is often embarrassing on this score, betraying both shallowness of thought and also cavalier contempt for the reputations of others.”
  • America’s Problem Is With Civility, Not Free Speech
  • Christian faithfulness and the ‘based mind virus’ – Evangelicals must reject both far-left and far-right lies
  • The State of Social Conservatism and the Role of “Public Discourse”

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