I think the point is that the status quo promotes focussing on differences while ignoring common ground. This leads to a climate of failing to listen for the best points being made by those you disagree with and going ad hominem over tangental issues which rub one the wrong way. This promotes us-vs-them behaviors.
I found it helpful to focus on the quote cited from the article rather than the article itself. I also looked at the responses from tumblir.
Most interesting is to consider areas where we are drawn to this sort of response ourselves. I can pretty easily get drawn into the morass over politics. But I also try hard to understand the mind of a conservative. I'm sure their motivations cannot be what they appear to me to be. But it is hard for me to empathize with and so respect where they are coming from.
I found it helpful to focus on the quote cited from the article rather than the article itself. I also looked at the responses from tumblir.
Most interesting is to consider areas where we are drawn to this sort of response ourselves. I can pretty easily get drawn into the morass over politics. But I also try hard to understand the mind of a conservative. I'm sure their motivations cannot be what they appear to me to be. But it is hard for me to empathize with and so respect where they are coming from.
