Thinking about the polarization that has developed in this country and indeed around the world, and the harm that I think it does.
People who are trying to polarize, or activate, other people often say something like “Those who are not for us are against us.” The cultural roots of this probably go back to the Christian Bible, Matthew 12 verse 30:”He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.”
But compare Mark 9 verse 40: “For he who is not against us is on our side.”
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