Measured and Articulate

There is no question that we live in a pretty divisive time.  Every time I turn on the TV or hit up the old interwebs, I find folks trying to:

(a)  Cram everyone and every opinion into a convenient little package.
(b)  Set those groups in some kind of diametrically oppositional framework.

Then it seems like the folks that buy into the us/them ideology start screaming at the other side. 

'Heretic'

'Apostate'

'Terrorist'

'Nazi'

'Fascist'

'Racist'

All words hurled at the "other guy" in an attempt to knock her down a peg.  It's become frustratingly prevalent....even to the point where I'm pleasantly surprised to find something like this.  It makes me proud to be a part of a denomination where one of our leaders is this measured and articulate when dealing with folks he/she doesn't necessarily agree with. 

Comments

[Bill]

Don't forget 'Elitist'.

That one's best used for me.

[Bruce Reyes-Chow]

Thanks for the link and trackback. So . . . do we know each others? Sad that we are surprised by what I believe is simply honest ways of being in relationship, but I guess it is what it is these days.