On his article, “Bipartisanship isn’t for Wimps, After All”, Authur C. Brooks writes about the polarization
influencing the actual primary campaign, and how it affects the progress
of the United States both socially and economically. It is interesting
when he says: “Polarization — and thus contempt — leads to permanent
enmity.” (Para 10)
First, the author focus on the primary campaign but his statements can be transported to the actual presidential campaign. Brooks makes a good point
when he states that the presidential primary campaign it is full of
nastiness and polarization. He is right.
However, coming from a
conservative person it is definitely a non-bias statement he is making.
“Americans are becoming more predictable”, he states, because are either
conservative or liberal and being on one end or the other it is not
good for a fair and balance political system.
Second, his opinions are backup with
statistics from different sources which makes the article more than an
opinion based reading. One of his claims is that polarization has led to
significant political discrimination against those who have a different
ideology. This polarization translates into bigotry and contempt, which
on the short and long term influence in Americans to progress.
Third, the author not only brings up the
problem but he also provides with solutions to improve the situation,
solutions that not only come from his point of view but from Dalai
Lama’s opinion, which is a respected figure around the globe. In addition, the goal is to bring people together, make
people collaborate to end with bad bipartisanship and therefore with
polarization that helps increasing discrimination and intolerance
against the opponents.
In conclusion, the proposal is to
embrace the “warmheartedness toward those with whom we disagree”(Para
16) Thus, what actions can we adopt on our daily life to practice the
warmheartdness? How can we deal with political fanatics who are
motivated by anger and intolerance?
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