I get something close to high listening to opponents being civil, disagreeing with decency and humour. It is the only way forward in the this polarised age
I got called “viper-tongued” by a total stranger on the internet the other day, which is quite something. I looked to see if I had defrauded any indigenous people of their lands, but I hadn’t. I’m not even sure what it was in connection with. Doesn’t matter, I suppose; it’s just nice to check in with the fans.
The way we talk to each other online has got a bit … fruity, hasn’t it? People bewail the coarsening of public debate; a bad development with a pleasantly granular overtone, as if we’re discussing mustard. We know the internet’s anonymity emboldens people, and it is easy to glide into the assumption that people are therefore inherently bad. If you watch rolling-news banners, they all seem to confirm it. People are just bad. Outrage yesterday as one group is screwed over by another. The price of Freddos is going up, because people are bad. Why are you even watching this? You’re probably bad too.
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