Bridging the gap between left and right. I came across this clip showing Glenn Beck and Samantha Bee, and thought that this SoylentNews story / comment thread should be stickied till the new year so we have an ongoing conversation. It's a short clip from her show where Glenn Beck is a willing guest; the key point is they are trying to find common ground. Beck points out that Bee is following some of his own patterns of crying "catastrophe" but they really don't provide much insight beyond the significance of their little coming together moment.
The divide is clear and present on this site as most everywhere else, I would like to see a meta discussion where we fact check each other and drill down through the rhetoric until we get some straightforward lists and proposals on how we can move forward together. What are the fundamental blockers? Which ideas do we consider to be too outrageous for credibility? Many here are guilty of attacking each other — can we try and Spock it out for about a week?
I'll start us off with my supposition:
Climate change is real and human activity has an important effect on it. We must agree on this point in order to move forward, and social/economic issues must be handled after needed environmental changes."
If you post as AC — try and behave as if you were logged in — reduce the flames for better quality discussion.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday December 23 2016, @10:55PM
Neither of your stated examples are social or economic issues. Unless you plan on legislating not only how people must act but how they must feel. Which progressives do, so I suppose that's fair.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Touché) by BK on Friday December 23 2016, @11:06PM
Making my point. Also, the supposition spoke to issues being 'handled', not legislated. Legislation is but one way to handle something...
...but you HAVE heard of me.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday December 23 2016, @11:35PM
Oh, you think there's another way to get people who vehemently disagree with your basic premises to go along with what you think is best? How's that been working out for you lately?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.