A few days ago libertarian friend John Pachak here in NYC told me of a trend he'd noticed in the USA extending from the 1960s or possibly even the 1950s. He said the camps of "left" and "right" (and maybe other opposing camps as well) used to be more willing to listen to each other (i.e. of the opposite camp), to treat each other as sincere and with some important concerns and facts on their side, and that that no longer seems to be the case. He sees the camps as having drawn increasingly away from each other and inward to the extent that they now look at each other with complete distrust, not just honest good-faith disagreement.
I'm a little younger than he is, and I can't say whether that's really the case, or whether we're just prone (for some reason) to view the past as a time of greater civility of discourse. In Your Sly Tribe, Robert _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
