Know Your Enemy

Hate turns the intelligent and kind
into stupid and evil.

It’s baffling to watch the debates of our day. People aren’t interested in solving issues with their arguments, despite all the energy they waste. People chronically demonize their opponents with vitriolic, self-defeating tactics and mistruths. It makes us feel good to have a bad guy we can feel superior to with our “morality,” but this is of no value. Among the most important skills in a debate is knowing your enemy. It’s something most don’t even consider and knowing our enemy allows us to defeat, compromise with, or befriend — whatever’s best. We can’t do that if we have no idea who we’re dealing with. Want to fix the world? STOP mischaracterizing your opponents while filling your heads with hate. Hate turns the intelligent and kind into stupid and evil. Our opinions aren’t gospel and they simply don’t matter beyond that. #politics

– Josh