Today (Wednesday, February 14, 2024), at 8:00 PM Eastern US time, I’ll provide live accompaniment on Twitch for a classic silent movie, Son of the Sheik. Before the main feature, I’ll show and accompany a Harold Lloyd short, Young Mr. Jazz. I hope you’ll be there.
Hostility as a tool of persuasion 1
A lot of people act as if mockery and denunciation are effective ways to convince others that they’re wrong. Not many of them, though, come out and endorse this principle. A Liberal Currents article called “Deradicalizing the Center” offers qualified support for it, though, and it’s not just a rant. It contains a lot of good thinking. I’d like to take a look at it to see what the author claims and argues.
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