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Other? >> there is too much self righteousness and arrogance on both sides. it is so easy to keep track of the corruption in the republican party and im not saying a word about the corruption in the democratic party. the problem is the crisis is more acute, it is more intensive. we are reaching a point of impasse. the very possibility of democracy could be called into question but that is what we are dealing with at the moment. and that is a matter of both parties. need to be willing to learn fr...

How a “low anthropology” pushes back on perfectionistic assumptions about human nature.

Since august 5th, texas governor greg abbott has sent more than 1,000 migrants to new york city. abbott is calling out during city mayor eric adams saying he likes to pat himself on the back welcoming migrants with open arms to a sanctuary city until he has to follow through on his lofty promises. "the new york post" op-ed saying adams claims putting migrants on a 30 hour bus trip to new york is inhumane. where is his self-righteousness? bidens open border policies are enticing illegal immigrant...

And about policy. it was a conflict of visions of human nature and human equality and reality itself. and self righteousness is a very, very pernicious thing. we know it in our own lives and in the nation. so i think that the more people believe their entire way of being, their entire identity is tied up in the minute to minute political development, we are at greater risk and the great thing about the country is in extremists we have tended to see politics not as total war but as a maediation o...

Its no small thing to spread a lie that an election was stolen, to make it seem as though theres a monstrous evil being done when in fact its our peaceful transfer of power. >> did you hear that? he said he was proud of republicans like peter meier who voted to impeach. for the record meier who just got primaried took away a different message this week. >> im not here to wine about the dccc coming in and meddling. any party that pretends to have a set of principles, pretends to have a set of val...

And defended democracy but you came up short in this partisan primary. it was close, less than 4,000 vote margin separated you from your opponent. so do you think that the democratic congressional committees major ad buy in the last week of the campaign made the decisive difference in your primary? >> good morning, john. i will be honest, its impossible to know. i can monday morning quarterback all day long. im not here to whine about the dccc coming in and meddling, but just to point out that a...

Expect to be able to hold on to that sense of self-righteousness and -- >> is this a tactic of supporting election-deniers, in the hopes that they will be more vulnerable against democratic candidates in november something you support? >> first of all, let me say what i support is overturning the terrible decision in citizens united, and im also the original author of the disclose act, which would prohibit the spending of secret money in elections. so i would like to change the system entirely. ...

God justifies those who know their spiritual sickness, but not those who pretend to be spiritually healthy and who claim to have no need for the cross where Jesus gave his life for sinners.

One black person to say to another, be smart, stay aware, america is dangerous, keep your head on a swivel. for decades, woke stayed on the bench of black vernacular, poking its head out here and there, and then came 2014. the killing of michael brown in ferguson, missouri by a police officer heralded the rise of the hashtag stay woke on black twitter. woke eventually became the battle hymn of latte liberals. all of a sudden everything and everybody was woke. yep, woke namasted. woke took on a n...

>> a creative way for one black person to say to another, hey, be smart. stay aware. america is dangerous. you know, keep your top eye open. keep your head on a swivel. let me pull your coat. for decades, woke sort of stayed on the bench of black vernacular, poke its head out here and there. then came 2014. the killing of michael brown in ferguson, missouri by a police officer heralded the rise of the #staywoke on twitter. even though black twitter is run by black folks, its on regular twitter w...