I Agree with Me

[jeeptrick]

Politics are a central, dynamic and controversial aspect of modern society. The political spectrum is traditionally shared between the Liberals, on the left wing, and the Conservatives on the right wing. Naturally, opposing parties will often disagree with each other on many divisive topics. In the essay “I Agree with Me,”

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[stochastic_mud]

Healthy arguements are tricky. It takes a significant amount of maturity from both parties otherwise it desends into shouting and emotion. We often are only interested in dicussing things if we care about them. And if we care about them we place emotional importance on being right. I think that is why there is so much shouting in politics. People who discuss politics usually care about politics a great deal, and they should. But the issue is not learning to debate more rationally; I think it is immaturity not ignorance that drives current political "debate". We are all so scared that the we could be wrong about the thing we care so much about that we get angry and defensive or just plain refuse to entertain any ideas other than our own.

[theblondeblog]

Like O'Rourke’s essay, I like how you added humor into your blog.

To answer your question: yes, I do think that I could use more healthy arguments in my every-day life. Of course I enjoy being agreed with, but it makes life much more interesting to have your thoughts challenged. One of the reasons I enjoy this class actually is because of the disagreements that go on when discussing some of the readings. Hearing other’s opinions allows me to see things differently and gets me thinking.

I think healthy arguments would be great for politics, perhaps the different sides would start to see some things differently and possibly agree on some things…or maybe not.