"Learning how to speak rationally about something you feel great passion for-– this is not a bad skill to master. Another good one is listening to people who disagree with you, and trying to understand why they disagree. ... But encampments, signs, shouting, and slogans are not arguments. They do not make complex statements or buttress them with research. They are not a place of discourse and openness. "
But this is the age of shouting everyone else down. Left, right, doesn’t matter. Even shouting down other members of your own party. And if you can’t shout them down, try to dehumanize or humiliate them.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
But this is the age of shouting everyone else down. Left, right, doesn’t matter. Even shouting down other members of your own party. And if you can’t shout them down, try to dehumanize or humiliate them.