Journal 1: Are we the same? Do they belong here?
After listening to the podcast about Why do conservatives need liberals and vice versa? and How can tourism promote peace in the Middle East? I believed that both perspectives of the podcast had a good standing in their position; however, it seems that there was a lack in understanding in the opposing side. In Why do conservatives need liberals and vice versa? it starts out by having Donald Trump express how there should a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States in response to the ISIS incidents and terrorist activities like that of 9/11. From what I got from the podcast, the main purpose was to emphasize how Americans could live without a specific race like Muslim by depending on conservatives and liberals. From what I am getting, the most important aspect of viewpoints presented by the speakers was that adding more tolerance is not the best solution to intolerance, but disposing the not needed is. Stating that act of tolerance will only further perpetuate the problem rather than bring a solution. Like said that the world itself is an intolerable place and the solution is not more tolerance. For instance, in Why do conservatives need liberals and vice versa? …show more content…
Brooks also claimed that helping people that are starving was a distraction, yet we need to work together to mitigate poverty through the method of disposal. It was said that in this free market system, both conservatives and liberals need each other. These conservatives could help the poor with issues related to poverty. Liberals, on the other hand, believes that the free market system could solve any problem they have. To be honest, the only thing I agree from this podcast is that we have to work together to fix this poverty issue, without
After listening to the podcast about Why do conservatives need liberals and vice versa? and How can tourism promote peace in the Middle East? I believed that both perspectives of the podcast had a good standing in their position; however, it seems that there was a lack in understanding in the opposing side. In Why do conservatives need liberals and vice versa? it starts out by having Donald Trump express how there should a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States in response to the ISIS incidents and terrorist activities like that of 9/11. From what I got from the podcast, the main purpose was to emphasize how Americans could live without a specific race like Muslim by depending on conservatives and liberals. From what I am getting, the most important aspect of viewpoints presented by the speakers was that adding more tolerance is not the best solution to intolerance, but disposing the not needed is. Stating that act of tolerance will only further perpetuate the problem rather than bring a solution. Like said that the world itself is an intolerable place and the solution is not more tolerance. For instance, in Why do conservatives need liberals and vice versa? …show more content…
Brooks also claimed that helping people that are starving was a distraction, yet we need to work together to mitigate poverty through the method of disposal. It was said that in this free market system, both conservatives and liberals need each other. These conservatives could help the poor with issues related to poverty. Liberals, on the other hand, believes that the free market system could solve any problem they have. To be honest, the only thing I agree from this podcast is that we have to work together to fix this poverty issue, without