The Crime of Believing Something Different “Stuff”
There was a small exchange on YouTube that, on the surface, probably meant very little. Brian Hurle asked Linden Warden a remarkably simple question about Matt Taylor: “What is his problem?” The answer was equally simple: “He believes in stuff I don't.” And yet, there is something extraordinarily revealing about those seven words. Because perhaps that is the problem with modern society. Not that people disagree. Not that people hold different political opinions, philosophies, interpretations of events or ideas about the world. The problem is that we have increasingly come to treat disagreement itself as evidence that something is wrong with the other person. When Disagreement Becomes a Diagnosis. Consider the logic contained within that answer. Matt Taylor is perceived to have a “problem” because he believes things that Linden Warden does not believe. But reverse the proposition. If Linden believes something that Matt doesn't, does that mean Linden has a problem? If Brian be...
