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The book was about how mean people are to each other and offered ways to fix that, leading a conversation around finding compassion for those who trumpet hate. The speaker mentioned that the book covered the speaker's own history of wrongdoings and aimed to show a constructive way for people to take ownership of their piece of the problem regarding hate. It was also noted that the book suggests the opposite of hate is not love, but understanding in spite of differences and disagreements.
she's got a new book about how mean we are to each other and ways to fix that.
— Episode: Sally Kohn, 'We Need to Fix Hate'
Episode: Sally Kohn, 'We Need to Fix Hate'
The book was about how mean people are to each other and offered ways to fix that, leading a conversation around finding compassion for those who trumpet hate. The speaker mentioned that the book covered the speaker's own history of wrongdoings and aimed to show a constructive way for people to take ownership of their piece of the problem regarding hate. It was also noted that the book suggests the opposite of hate is not love, but understanding in spite of differences and disagreements.
she's got a new book about how mean we are to each other and ways to fix that.
She's written a book called The Opposite of Hate which is as the title might suggest a look at how we are talking to each other and feeling about each other in America these days in ways that maybe we can kind of shave the edges off of our toxic tribalism and political polarization.
The opposite of hate in the book is not love you do not have to love in my book you do not have to love people to stop hating them you're welcome you know that's a like them that's okay you just have to understand how in spite of our differences in our disagreements by the way which i think are incredibly important to who we are as people and as a country and as a world right we shouldn't be papering over them or pretending they don't exist or holding hands in the middle and singing come by uh i'm not in favor of that we should have our differences and disagreements we should even celebrate them and and we can express what we believe and we can stand up for what we believe in without stomping on other people isn't that an answer to the co-on from your retreat
Episode: Sally Kohn, 'We Need to Fix Hate'
The guest's first book was about how mean people are to each other and discussed ways to fix that issue. The book led to a conversation around finding compassion for those who trumpet hate, though it also generated some backlash over an alleged misquoting of another activist.
She's got a new book about how mean we are to each other and ways to fix that.
She's written a book called The Opposite of Hate which is as the title might suggest a look at how we are talking to each other and feeling about each other in America these days in ways that maybe we can kind of shave the edges off of our toxic tribalism and political polarization.
there's been some controversy over this book about an alleged misquoting of another activist and podcast host.
to bring us to the new book the opposite of hate so how to tell me what the thesis is and what you learned
The opposite of hate in the book is not love you do not have to love in my book you do not have to love people to stop hating them you're welcome
