Not just lower the temperature. Talk to each other, and listen carefully, in a civilized manner. Prefer to listen carefully first, then speak. Bring, and stick to, facts as much as possible, and focus on policy and real-world outcomes rather than politics.
anonymousiam|5 months ago
I think Charlie Kirk thought he was safe because he was a good person. He didn't provoke political division, he tried to reconcile it.
R.I.P.
smt88|5 months ago
> Many people didn't like what they heard, but it wasn't because it was mean or wrong
He was often wrong, as most people are, and he often doubled down on it. For example, he repeatedly lied about the 2020 election being stolen.
> He didn't provoke political division, he tried to reconcile it.
He paid for people to attack the capitol on January 6 and advocated for Joe Biden to be given the death penalty[1]. He repeatedly tried to frame "the left" for things they didn't do or didn't even happen, and said things like "prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people" (verbatim quote from his podcast).
He was extremely, intentionally divisive.
1. https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-has-h...
tracker1|5 months ago
This is a sad, sad day.
darkmighty|5 months ago
Keep trying. It's all you can do. Also, you can't expect everyone to accept your facts. A few % of the population are going to be nutjobs (specially when there are various propaganda networks around which compound it), and that's fine, thankfully I think they aren't majority.
nmz|5 months ago
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