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TUSooner
2/20/2012, 12:24 PM
A pertinent (if obvious) observation from a BBC guy -- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17079971


There is a grave danger for American democracy that the two parties not only can't agree, they can't even discuss.

Left and right live in their little ghettos of the mind, unwilling to listen to anything that doesn't reinforce their own views. If you only hear what your opponents are thinking through the warp of second-hand caricatures, then there is no chance of understanding their point of view....


It would be sad if [MSNBC's firing of Pat Buchanan] has made this worse. It is always better for both your mental and political health to throw things at your TV or radio, than nod sagely as it confirms your prejudices.

I like the phrase "ghettos of the mind."

KantoSooner
2/20/2012, 12:44 PM
Not original. Hmmmm, thinking.....Maybe Hannah Arendt? Sounds like her.

Ike
2/20/2012, 01:51 PM
In regards to the bolded part of the last sentence, that should be chanded to: "It is always better for both your mental and political health to throw the TV at large, solid, inanimate objects, such as a boulder or a brick wall, and then get on with, ya know, doing things"