I was discussing political violence recently with a friend who is progressive, and he said we are sliding towards civil war--a point I disagreed with.
I asked him to provide an example of political violence in America beyond his initial example of the January 6th Capitol riot. He argued that all violence from hate crimes--i.e. racial, religious, etc.--are a form of political violence. Though I feel that's not really accurate, I didn't really have a great counterpoint to that.
This may seem silly, but any advice on how I might be able to get my friend to consider that we're not sliding towards civil war?
Thanks for the reply! I will definitely send him this perception gap quiz. (Just took it myself, fascinating!) I will continue to gently pushback against my friend's extreme views on extremism!
I was discussing political violence recently with a friend who is progressive, and he said we are sliding towards civil war--a point I disagreed with.
I asked him to provide an example of political violence in America beyond his initial example of the January 6th Capitol riot. He argued that all violence from hate crimes--i.e. racial, religious, etc.--are a form of political violence. Though I feel that's not really accurate, I didn't really have a great counterpoint to that.
This may seem silly, but any advice on how I might be able to get my friend to consider that we're not sliding towards civil war?
Thanks for the reply! I will definitely send him this perception gap quiz. (Just took it myself, fascinating!) I will continue to gently pushback against my friend's extreme views on extremism!