Matthew McConaughey On His New Book “Greenlights” (The Hugh Hewitt Show, video and transcript, 11 November 2020)

Matthew McConaughey · 11 Nov 2020

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Real democratic confrontation requires granting the other side legitimacy; delegitimising the opposition is not real democracy

Their wordsthe beautiful part about democracy is the confrontation brings unity. And if you invalidate or illegitimize or persona non grata the opposition, that’s not real confrontation. That’s not real democracy.
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Americans need to find simple shared values to rebuild trust in one another

Their wordsSo we’ve got to find our common denominators, values that we can all agree on, the simple ones. It’s not rocket science. Start moving forward with a little trust again.

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