I really feel like getting these ideas in front of both sides makes sense. We can’t come together as a country and reach a consensus on the best path forward if we refuse to listen to each other. The divisive politics currently being practiced will be our downfall.

The critiques you make of his style of argument are entirely valid, and way too often successfully supplant sound logic and facts in our political debate. Putting them in the same publication with sound logic and facts is a great way to highlight this further, and gain readers who might just recognize how poorly the arguments stand up to examination due to the juxtaposition.

It’s counterproductive in the extreme to simply not listen to someone who disagrees. The filter bubble is a problem. I see the NYT trying to help pop those bubbles. It actually helps solidify beliefs to challenge them, as well as rooting out those that don’t pass muster. I say that as a flaming liberal who has done, and continues to do, exactly what I recommend here: listen to the other side!

Trying to silence them only increases their victimhood complex, and drives the Tea Party and Alt-Right further to extremes. The same is happening on the left. It’s destructive in the extreme, makes us weaker as a country, and gets us so involved in fighting each other that we forget to see the big picture.

Please, think twice before recommending cancelling subscriptions. It doesn’t help the bigger problem of figuring out how to work together.