Make Our Ugly Discourse Better: Join the Civilogue kyle simpkin

This was a very interesting piece that goes into detail about all Americans are labeled in different ways, coming from there political views and beliefs, ways of life, culture and so on. One of the "hot spots" I found in the piece that I find very interesting "To be wrong is not necessarily the same as to be evil. Those with whom I disagree count among their number many whose love of country and adherence to moral standards are as admirable as can be found in many who stand on my side." I find this very interesting and true because being a human its part of life to be wrong and to make mistake and that's how we humans as a whole gain insight and become smarter to not repeat the wrongs of yesterday. One of the arguments that i agree with  "And the belief that government is the best solution to some of our biggest problems is an idea with a long and honorable American history -- one that includes notable successes." I strongly agree with this statement because there are many problems with in our american culture that government can only fix, because some problems are so big that not just the "people" can't fix on their own. I ran in to difficulties in the begging of the piece when he would state things like if your conservative friend said this to you, you reply with this. I felt as if the writer was trying to preach things to us that were not necessarily factual.