"What once could have been a moment of unity following Kirk’s death quickly gave way to polarization, like seemingly everything in our politics does. Bitter comments from people offended by Kirk’s life’s work collided with anti-free speech attitudes and actions by the Trump administration and its constituents, dashing any hopes of national reconciliation following the death of the late activist.
But there is no reason why we as Americans have to be caught up in the same polarization following Kirk’s passing — or the passing of any deeply controversial political figure.
In a follow up piece, Klein told his readers that he ended up grieving for Kirk “because I recognize some commonality with him. He was murdered for participating in our politics. Somewhere beyond how much divided us, there was something that bonded us, too. Some effort to change this country in ways that we think are good.”
I think in my many years of reading Klein, this is probably the most challenging idea he has ever presented to his readers.
There are people out there who think completely different from you.
They advocate for things you find disturbing and unacceptable.
Yet they still think they are doing the right thing, just as much as you think you’re doing the right thing.
That doesn’t mean that they’re right. But in their minds, they may be no more evil than you think you are.
Maturity may mean being able to hold both of those truths in your head at the same time."
https://www.theamericansaga.com/p/its-ok-to-hold-two-ideas-about-charlie
