Robert Reich: The Real Center of American Politics: A Reflection on Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert

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The true center of American politics isn’t found where most of us agree. We fiercely disagree. That’s not a problem. Democracy assumes disagreement.

The true center is about how we resolve those disagreements. Most of us believe we should work them out respectfully.

We don’t believe in winning…

It’s as if Professor Reich expressed verbatim the internal dialogue that I’ve been engaged in all day.  Thank you Professor. We are better than this and should expect more of ourselves and of each other.  It is a sad state of affairs when two comedians are the only source behind which sane Americans band.  I’m tired of the vitriol. No, I’m disgusted by the vitriol; disgusted by the unwillingness of American citizens to sit down in a quiet room and dutifully study what has happened to our economy and our country; and impatient with the resulting lack of intelligent debate that the absence of these qualities creates.  I want more from my country. How about you?

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