Warm people (against polarization)

Our affection for the suffering of people gets nullified once we are on an express train that takes us away from reality, that drags us into discussions and counter-discussions about the Great Lies and the Great Truths without that in reality we engage with the people in need we are debating about. At least, this is what often happens at the discourse level. But I can´t judge any of my discussants, because I don´t and can´t verify what someone is really doing outside of the discourse.

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When the discourses make us insensitive to human suffering, we are cold hearted.

What do we need? We need structures in our society that support a counter-narrative against radical, cold hearted discourses. We need warm, inclusive communities supported by people who can see through the heart-numbing radicalization discourses, people who do not turn away from the world of suffering people, who continue to focus on how to get misery out of our marginalizing and polarizing societies.

by Thierry Limpens