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Decent Discourse offers a hopeful, helpful, and historical way to push back against the war-like language and echo chambers that dominate today's political discourse - and not a minute too soon. Families and friendships are being torn apart. More Americans than ever feel violence is justified to advance their political goals. And the media is turbocharging this toxic, hyperpartisan culture of indecent political rhetoric. Attorney and veteran Jay Jackson builds the case for decent discourse, showing how Americans have solved the immense challenges of our past with truth, humility, and compassion - in other words, by loving our neighbors (even when they might be wrong). Decent Discourse identifies five critical problems with the state of our political discourse today and offers solutions to each, including practical action items for each of us. With humor and optimism, Jackson shows that decent discourse is the answer to our country's woes and offers hope that you personally can make a difference: One conversation at a time. One relationship at a time. One community at a time. At a time when so many are quick to criticize but slow to offer solutions, Jay Jackson delivers the balm to cool our scalding partisan burns. Jackson has authored an insightful, accessible, and solutions-packed book that identifies the primary sources of our national anger and offers practical remedies for citizens who want to return to civility. Clearly written and well defined, this book should be mandatory reading for every smart American interested in democracy. Alison Dagnes, Professor of Political Science, Shippensburg University, author of Super Mad at Everything All the Time (2019), A Conservative Walks Into A Bar (2012), and Politics on Demand (2010)

About the Author :
Jay Jackson is an attorney in Omaha, Nebraska. He's also a husband, dad, lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve, member of the Nebraska Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission, and lover of politics and history. Prior to settling down in Nebraska, Jay spent fourteen years on active duty, earning a Master of Laws in international law and deploying to the Middle East six times.

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At a time when so many are quick to criticize but slow to offer solutions, Jay Jackson delivers the balm to cool our scalding partisan burns. Jackson has authored an insightful, accessible, and solutions-packed book that identifies the primary sources of our national anger and offers practical remedies for citizens who want to return to civility. Clearly written and well defined, this book should be mandatory reading for every smart American interested in democracy. Alison Dagnes, Professor of Political Science, Shippensburg University, author of Super Mad at Everything All the Time (2019), A Conservative Walks Into A Bar (2012), and Politics on Demand (2010) I had the honor of briefly serving alongside Jay in uniform and I can say he's the real deal. Intelligent, level-headed, thorough, and most importantly, a man of good character. I worked in D.C. for nearly two decades. I know how easy it can be to fall into an "Us vs. Them" mentality and shut our minds off to any opinions different from our own. Jay nudges us - for the good of our country, and the good of ourselves- to lay aside media-magnified differences and refocus on the flawed yet lovable humanness we all share. Dana Ayers, Former White House Staffer, author of Confessions of an Unlikely Runner This should be the age of good information. After all, Americans have easier access to factual information, and more of it, than ever before. The problem is that many have a difficult time identifying what is reliable and what is not and have become addicted to the junk. The primary culprits are the internet, partisan news channels and websites, and social media. And so we find ourselves in a "post-truth" age, where feelings are becoming more important than facts for many, people are increasingly comfortable bending reality to their beliefs, and millions of Americans have lost faith in notions of facts and expertise. All of this is poisoning the American mind and destabilizing our democracy. Jay Jackson is a welcome addition to the growing chorus of concerned voices attempting to overcome these destabilizing forces. If you read Decent Discourse it probably means you want to be a part of the solution as well, and his new book will indeed help you hone your ability to make change. Lawrence M. Eppard director of the Connors Forum for a Healthy Democracy, host of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, author of Poorly Understood, On Inequality and Freedom, and Rugged Individualism and the Misunderstanding of American Inequality


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798985924831
  • Publisher: Decent Discourse Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Decent Discourse Press
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 268
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Weight: 494 gr
  • ISBN-10: 8985924834
  • Publisher Date: 25 May 2022
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: saving your country by loving your (wrong?) neighbor
  • Width: 140 mm


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