We will engage only if the discourse changes.
How odd it would be if the discourse in the United States went in the opposite direction.
If meaningful discourse is to occur, the visitor has to be a good listener.
Judge for yourself if political discourse has changed: Smith tore into Roosevelt for being "insincere," and Roosevelt lost.
If western discourse cannot step beyond the enemy that it has created, these ideas cannot be heard - or addressed.
If the discourse is addressed to a nonspecialized audience, its appeal will be to common sense and common principles, common values, and common loci, or "places".
If the discourse is addressed to a specialized group—such as a group of philosophers or jurists or theologians the basis of agreement will be more specific.
But he was right to warn that any proposals to reduce this kind of bloodshed will remain out of reach if political discourse remains deeply polarized.
If the discourse of Doctor Who were the subject of a Doctor Who story, the cliffhanger would reveal that it had evolved into a pulsing entity bent on cataloguing the universe to destruction.
