The Polarization of the Current Environment Is Troubling

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I think all three of us can hold that there are many valid beliefs that are different from our own which I think is very sad and like we need that in order to move forward. There's one particular aspect of political correctness or cancel culture or whatever you want to call it but there's a growing gatekeeper consensus the sense that that there's this impression being fostered. You've got to be really careful about vilifying ideas when when it's one person acting irrationally. If you don't like what's being said in my opinion you shouldn't suppress it, you should correct it speak out. We're gradually empowering organs of suppression in the social media and everywhere else probably in universities

Why do liberals and conservatives disagree so vehemently? Why are things so polarized in the US right now? What are the core values held by liberals and conservatives? How much value does tradition have? Where and why do liberals and conservatives disagree about climate change? Where and why do liberals and conservatives disagree about free speech and political correctness?

Cassandra Xia's bio: "Cassandra Xia (@CassandraXia) is the daughter of Chinese scientists who emigrated to the United States. Her parents raised her on a blend of logic, reason, and immigrant can-do attitude. She emerged as a strategic liberal that strongly believes in free speech and compassionate dialogue. She recently left her job as a Google software engineer to work on climate change. Cassandra's work can be found at cassandraxia.com and workonclimate.org."

Hank Racette's bio: "I'm an uneducated fifty-something father of six who divides his time between writing industrial automation software and opining about the precariousness of western civilization and the enemies, mostly unwitting, arrayed against it. I'm fascinated by words, mathematics, evolution, human nature, emergent behavior, and saving the most successful nation and culture in history from the innocent mistakes of smart people with good intentions. I'm a free-speech extremist and, in general, what used to be called a classical liberal. I can be found on Ricochet, where I write as Henry Racette, on Facebook, and reached via email at hank.racette@gmail.com."

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