Winning at all costs is a losing argument

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Blue State Blues: The Deliberate Politicization of Intimacy

Summary

Joel B. Pollak claims that Democrats' exploitation of personal relationships threatens our society.

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"Obama told his supporters explicitly to approach their neighbors and “argue with them, and get in their face.” His surrogates took that approach even further. Hollywood celebrity Sarah Silverman encouraged Obama’s Jewish supporters to travel to Florida and tell their ostensibly racist grandparents to vote for him. Later, once Obama was in office, the supposedly non-partisan Rock the Vote organization told young people to withhold sex from partners who refused to support Obamacare."

Understanding

Pollak makes some insightful comments about how social media divides us into camps rather than brings us together. Then he advocates that liberals are to blame and conservatives aren't as guilty.

It looks like he'd rather win his argument than be right. He seized an opportunity to score points for his side rather than bring us to common ground.

I recall the times at work or with loved ones that I've tried, with vehement disregard for decency and righteousness, to win at all costs .  Victory was short-lived when I succeeded. Shame and remorse remained.

Understanding is literally an act of humility and we will have a difficult time standing together if we remain determined to top one another.