Politics Isn't Everything

Politics really isn't everything although you would never know it from the heated rhetorical war between liberals and conservatives. Here is a very interesting piece from a self-described "radical progressive" attesting to this proposition. 

Sally Kohn is now at CNN but appeared regularly on Fox News as a commentator and was personally changed by her experience. She learned that Bill O'Reilly, Monica Crowley, Sean Hannity and others were - gasp - human beings just like her. They might disagree diametrically on the solutions to political issues, but these folks were among the "...some of the kindest, smartest, and most talented people I've had the pleasure of meeting in life." Indeed, she says that Sean Hannity has become one of her best friends and a mentor to her. She concludes, "The bottom line: We respond more positively to and are persuaded by people who treat us pleasantly." 

A good lesson to learn, no? And one that sounds suspiciously like the Golden Rule. Imagine how that would transform our political discourses and help move us to solutions that this country so sorely needs for its enormous problems. 

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