From: Bdale Garbee Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 07:01:00 +0000 (-0700) Subject: post X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=web%2Fgag.com;a=commitdiff_plain;h=980364c762de8f8b15a8e4b59579619f4f85be96;hp=63f3205b23e9cdcc4a37083b1091c2f0a5d74a15 post --- diff --git a/bdale/blog/posts/Disagree_Agreeably.mdwn b/bdale/blog/posts/Disagree_Agreeably.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a713a6a --- /dev/null +++ b/bdale/blog/posts/Disagree_Agreeably.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +In June of 2006, I finished reading Tim Russert's book +"Big Russ & Me". +It's not the sort of thing I usually read, but I did find it it generally +interesting and at times even thought provoking. I wrote these thoughts down +then, but never got around to posting them until now. + +Russert used a particularly striking phrase when he described what he +learned from his long association with Daniel Patrick Moynihan... +"to respect true intelligence, ask good questions, and disagree agreeably." + +I don't think I've ever heard the words "disagree agreeably" put together +like that, but I instantly knew what he meant. It seems to me that the +world would be a more pleasant and productive place all around if more of us +would commit to disagreeing agreeably, instead of tending towards assuming +the worst, over-reacting, and flaming each other when working through +contentious issues. + + +[[!tag tags/books]]