I love a good challenge, and Helen Smith’s recent article (“How Should Conservatives Deal with the Left’s Disrespect and Lack of Empathy?”) immediately called my attention. As someone who’s dedicating my life, in part, to increasing empathy all around in the culture, I found some of her comments painful, because …
True dialogue can only happen if I enter the conversation willing to be changed by it. If I am unwilling to change, to be affected sufficiently to consider options new to me, on what grounds am I expecting the other person to change?
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