I don’t want right-wing fanatics…I don’t want leftist fanatics…I want a place where all views can be discussed with respect and civility. /r/politics was NOT that place. I hope Lemmy can avoid the echo chamber to allow respectful disagreement and discourse to occur (while not overly defending extremists on either side).

I like to believe there is much more we agree upon than disagree…and while not always the case, sometimes we need to take a moment to ensure we aren’t talking passed each other and be willing to listen to understand (even if you don’t agree in the end). It’s okay to disagree as long as you respect one another.

“If you want to be heard, first learn to listen.” - John F. Kennedy

  • carlyman@lemmy.mlOP
    51·
    1 year ago

    I, too, like to think of MLK in matters such as this:

    “Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they cannot communicate; they cannot communicate because they are separated.”

    “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”

    • TheOubliette@lemmy.ml
      4·
      1 year ago

      And he was decreasingly civil over time and vilified in his time by the moderates who wanted to dither about decorum rather than oppose segregation. MLK was frequently uncivil and this was grounded in the tolerance for anti-black violence and apathy of such pretenses.

      In no world was he saying you’ve just gotta be civil and polite with everyone lol