If more cultural liberals had this attitude it might go a long way toward healing the cultural divide in this country.
Brandon Ambrosino, who writes for Time Ideas Magazine, just wrote an article challenging his friends in the gay community to try to engage people that disagree with them rather than attempting to silence them. Ambrosino is talking about political correctness, or the various other methods used by cultural liberals to silence their opposition. Instead, Ambrosino believes events such as the one that is breaking today regarding Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson, are opportunities for dialogue and education. How refreshing! Ambrosino wrote this about the Robertson incident and reaction to it:
"Why is our go-to political strategy for beating our opponents to silence them? Why do we dismiss, rather than engage them? One of the biggest pop culture icons of today just took center stage to “educate” us about sexuality. I see this as an opportunity to further the discussion, to challenge his limited understanding of human desire, to engage with him and his rather sizeable audience—most of whom, by the way, probably share his views—and to rise above the endless sea of tweet-hate to help move our LGBT conversations to where they need to go."
Right on Brandon. We don't know what your political views are but you sound like a liberty-minded individual. Thank you for seeking dialogue instead of piling on the harassment and activism.
I've been writing about this phenomenon for 20 years and have spoken about it often on this blog. Cultural liberals and political progressives employ the witch-hunt and PC harassment technique with abandon. It is a power tactic. The big media plays along. It works so they keep doing it. The problem is it also destroys community.
Perhaps Brandon Ambrosino can be a guiding light for other cultural liberals This approach would be most welcome among cultural conservatives. Are you listening President Obama?
