Here is a quote from Salon.com magazine, quoting a speech at a republican college pep rally in DC: "One message that was clear was a hatred of nuance or ambivalence. To defeat the 'pervasive degeneracy, ignorance and destruction of soul' that prevails today, he said, 'you must live to judge and be ready to be judged ... extremism in defense of moral behavior is no vice.' The saying "there are two sides to every story," he told his audience, 'brings your loved ones closer and closer to tyranny and outright annihilation.'" I'm not sure this is absolutely topical to this forum, but the things going on in my country frighten me.  I have been trying my best to change "one mind at a time," as they say, using all of my reframing and rapport skills, though I feel I'm hitting a wall.  I'm also afraid that the left has become equally dismissive.  Anybody up for a discussion on how to at least restore discussion? best, JS