I am not getting dewy-eyed here, but I see signs that Americans – across the political divide – are reviving a graciousness that had lain dormant.
, powerfully self-assured on the stage of the Democratic National Convention this week, as the crowd roared louder for her than they had for anyone else. “A familiar feeling that has been buried too deep for far too long. You know what I’m talking about. It’s the contagious power of hope.” A hope not just of victory but of vanquishing “the demons of fear, division and hate that have consumed us”.
And someone who has corresponded at length with Robinson on the topic of grace is Barack Obama, who knew what he was up against when he followed his wife’s speech. But he continued to argue for mutual respect, pointing to how daft the expectations across the political spectrum have become, that we seem “so quick to assume the worst in others unless they agree with us on every single issue. We start thinking that the only way to win is to scold and shame and out-yell the other side.
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