"False Options" - Community Engagement Podcast (26)

Great citizens don't latch out and grab onto rigid ideologies that bring on political warfare.  Great politicians don't either.  No one party has all the truth.  Neither does any citizen, or group of citizens.  Yet as we become more impatient with the political structures of our land, we can often reflect the rigidity of hyper-partisan politics.  We must grow as citizens, and to do so will require humility and the admission that we have much to learn if we are to be effective.  Political professionals seek to introduce ideological certainty into politics.  Such things are false options and we require the on-the-ground sense of living and knowledge each citizen requires each day to live productive lives.Just click the audio button below to listen to the five-minute podcast.[audio http://blackfire.ca//twilt.ca//twilt/Pearson/community%20engagement/Section%203%20-%20False%20Options%20(4).mp3]