HOW TO HAVE A CIVILSED DEBATE IN A POLARISED WORLD

Word on Fire

Charlie Kirk’s assassination on 10^th September revealed a disturbing new cultural and political reality for those who share any of Kirk’s views: it is possible, in our day and age, to be shot for speaking your mind. How can we recover from this dark event, whose effects have reverberated across the globe? How can we reclaim the possibility of disagreement with each other without resorting to violence? What conditions must be in place to make civil debate both possible and productive again, especially as our society appears to be growing more polarised?

In the video conversation below, Bishop Robert Barron and Matthew Petrusek debate this important question.

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