Pam Spaulding wrote a beautiful post this morning that is one of the best things I’ve read in a long while. She pulls from discussions of two recent news stories to look at our fear of talking honestly about sensitive issues and the impact of that fear on our national discourse on topics like race, gender identity, etc.
I’m not describing it well, so please read it for yourself. She’s got my mind swirling and at the same time inspired me to try to make sense of everything I’ve read and learned over the past week. I’m going to take a stab at making my own contribution to a productive discourse, but that may take a while, so while I’m trying to get my thoughts in order, read Pam:
