America is in a state of denial — and that inability to accept reality prohibits real discussion among its leaders on how to solve the myriad problems affecting this country, a Duke University law professor said.

"Much of our partisan division is superficial," Jedediah Purdy wrote in an article for Politico Magazine. "The more basic problem is denial.

"Politics becomes a form of middle-class entertainment: a highbrow soap opera, sports for nerds, Hollywood for ugly people," Purdy said. "This kind of politics could never produce a constructive engagement with America's biggest problems.

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'real problems'

(07-05-2014 03:17 PM)ODU BLUE Wrote:  America is in a state of denial — and that inability to accept reality prohibits real discussion among its leaders on how to solve the myriad problems affecting this country, a Duke University law professor said.

"Much of our partisan division is superficial," Jedediah Purdy wrote in an article for Politico Magazine. "The more basic problem is denial.

"Politics becomes a form of middle-class entertainment: a highbrow soap opera, sports for nerds, Hollywood for ugly people," Purdy said. "This kind of politics could never produce a constructive engagement with America's biggest problems.

People stealing my ideas again.

"Much of our partisan division is superficial,"
Not really.