Laci Green explores unconventional perspectives on sexuality, culture, social media, and free thought.
Beyond Bigots and Snowflakes
Discourse about hot-button social issues is broken. Can we fix it?
Sociologist Ilana Redstone joins Laci to discuss the challenges of embracing viewpoint diversity. They explore how identity politics took academia and social media by storm, society's turn toward moral absolutes, whether our intentions matter, bad behavior vs bigotry, dealing with being offended, the secret ingredient for a vibrant discourse, and more.
3/11/2022 • 38 minutes, 41 seconds
Why Are We So Polarized?
Americans are more polarized than we have been since the civil war. Data shows growing numbers of people feel political violence is justified. How did we get into this hellscape? And how do we get out of it?
Featuring Lee Drutman of Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop. (This episode is made for YouTube: https://t.co/VQsMmkfkCA?amp=1)