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There's an important difference between being principled and giving in to tribalistic views of us vs. them. The point of many "anti-partisan missives" is to rec
by grzm 8y ago
There's an important difference between being principled and giving in to tribalistic views of us vs. them. The point of many "anti-partisan missives" is to recognize that there are many things we can—and must—work together on to be effective, and that we often limit ourselves when we stop ourselves from listening and understanding each other because of the labels we place on each other.
Yes, there are things people disagree on, but there are also many that we actually do agree on, and can work to improve if we look beyond partisanship.
- nicoburns 8y agoAmen to this. Additionally, there is room for dissent within a group that is working together (e.g a political party). If everybody is focussed on towing the party line, then it is very easy for the views of the party to become unchallengeable dogma. Of course there are constructive and unconstructive ways of doing this, but disagreeing shouldn't necessarily be seen as negative.
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- Baeocystin 8y agoI think Scott Alexander's essay http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything... covers the salient points of this rather well. It's worth a read if you haven't.