Even though “climate change” came up in last night’s presidential debate, it was overshadowed by America’s political climate change problem.
The 90-minute hurricane of interruptions, invective and flying lawn chairs wasn’t a fluke. This extreme rhetorical event was the result of decades of built up animosity.
Arthur Brooks offers a brilliant diagnosis about what ails us in his wonderfully rebellious and counterculture book “Love Your Neighbor.” Brooks argues the problem is not mere anger but contempt, which he describes as the “conviction that those who disagree with us are not just wrong, but worthless.”
The contempt in Trump’s caustic performance was obvious. C3 advisory board member and former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum said on CNN, “I think the president overplayed his hand tonight … I think he came out way too hot. If I was someone running for office right now, I’d be pretty mad at him.”
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