The Fourth Option to Dealing with Contempt

In his book Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt, author and professor Arthur C. Brooks charts the rise of anger — and more importantly, contempt — in modern political discourse. The result is a deeply divided nation largely unwilling or unable to listen to those with whom they disagree. In this short excerpt, Brooks shares an epiphany he had, inspired by a real-life encounter with another person's…