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The Bulk of our Truths
Sep. 6th, 2021 08:28 pmWe are all imperfect and make many missteps and mistakes.
You simply have to look at your social media feed and discover that someone can easily find something terrible that someone has done, especially when concerning a particular political figure.
Of course, one could line up every leader since the beginning of time and find dirt.
It makes me sad to see commentary that is more a venture in bickering, personal bloodlust and ad hominem agression than it is an attempt to discover positive solutions to important issues. Much this happens between folks I consider to be my friends and/or family and it just seems so unkind and certainly unproductive.
I need to remind myself to look for the bulk of the truth in others and not some singular or cherry-picked notion of character while realizing we are really more alike in the bulk of our truths than not.
You simply have to look at your social media feed and discover that someone can easily find something terrible that someone has done, especially when concerning a particular political figure.
Of course, one could line up every leader since the beginning of time and find dirt.
It makes me sad to see commentary that is more a venture in bickering, personal bloodlust and ad hominem agression than it is an attempt to discover positive solutions to important issues. Much this happens between folks I consider to be my friends and/or family and it just seems so unkind and certainly unproductive.
I need to remind myself to look for the bulk of the truth in others and not some singular or cherry-picked notion of character while realizing we are really more alike in the bulk of our truths than not.
