Had a conversation with a friend of mine the other day. A thinker who expresses himself well. He took one side of an argument and I took the other. I shredded his argument and the argument of the think tank who’s article he sent me. Instead of arguing further in reply or capitulating, he stated that we should not discuss these issues because neither of us will change the others mind.
Maybe he was saving face because he couldn’t think of a better argument? Either way this is dangerous. People must be able to argue each and every issue. Because the details of the issue is what is important. Not identity politics. Media, politicians, universities, pundits of all sorts and elites on both sides will have you believe that you are either this or that. You are not. Every one of us is a complex thinking animal that has beliefs and thoughts on every issue. Whether we like that or not.
Do the work. Think. Argue. Or we will be divided and conquered by this side or that.