> I went he'd sit with a group of people with views orthogonal to his own and discuss them. This is exactly what I wish for the human race. My old man is abou

> I went he'd sit with a group of people with views orthogonal to his own and discuss them. This is exactly what I wish for the human race. My old man is about colonialist as you get (having been born into colonial Rhodesia) - racist by the dictionary definition but will still take impeccable care of his workers. A few years ago, I finally had the privilege of challenging those beliefs - one of those red wine 3AM conversations. It was life-altering. Although I still strongly disagree with that specific belief of his, as an unusually logical person I was unable to convince him otherwise. I came away realizing that racism will fall away one day, but today is not the day. Until then I need to co-exist with bigots and respect them and their beliefs. As a singular example, I don't think there exists a solution to extremist terrorism. However, I think it would be far less rampant if we took the time to understand why people approach that subculture - instead of unilaterally condemning (right) or accepting (left) it. People are either for or against it, rather than contemplating why American teens would pick it up in the first place. The world today seems to be more concerned about stating what the problem is, rather than stating how we could possibly solve that problem. > there is the same smell from the pair of them. I fear what Trump has to say, I fear what Clinton never said. Bernie was great so far as representing the most progressive moral compass that we have, but he is no Lincoln. We simply lack that type of hero in our world today.