Agree to disagree... better
Originally posted to Facebook January 8th, 2021. I think that political opposition is a vital and necessary part of a healthy democracy. Even when the party one favors is in power, a robust opposition is an important component of curbing excesses and giving voters a chance to express a loss of faith or desire for different priorities. And so I will voice my disagreement with policies and principles with which I disagree, and at my best give rational explanations as to why I believe those policies and principles to be either immoral, anti-productive, or impractical, but I will do my best to refrain from calling someone holding different political views immoral or un-American. Having said all of that, here are some values, practices, and principles that I think everyone of every political stripe should be reasonably held to, and I believe that there are people of every political stripe who are doing well and also many who are doing very poorly, and we all need to especially hold t...