There’s a unified approach of Democrats to politics and government of late that consistently falls perpendicular to their calls for civility in the public square and compromise in governance. You’ve seen the terms, “resistance” or “resist,” as the ironic call to action from the left.
One of the beauties of America is free speech. So, carry on, political left. But I offer a few observations for those of the center-right.
Easily said, but difficult to do, one must not engage with the same mindset of an individual or a group whose tactic is #Resist. While Democrats have made one of their sacred texts Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals” to isolate, personalize, marginalize, criticize and ostracize their opposition, I’d suggest applying the wisdom of child psychologist and Christian author Dr. James Dobson, who wrote and published a revision of “The Strong-Willed Child.”
Robin SmithIn a monthly column written to address dealing with children who “crave respect for their right to self-determination” and behave in their “nothing-gonna-get-in-my-way” manner to achieve their goals, Dobson stressed respectful communication but was candid.
“Sometimes it’s crushing. Their defiance can be so relentless, it’s exhausting. So disrespectful, it’s infuriating. So reckless, it’s worrying. So entrenched, positive change seems hopeless,” he summed up. Yet, the strong-willed child persists.