Adam Gopnik: Compromise, Community, & Liberalism

"New Yorker" staff writer Adam Gopnik says that the principles of community and compromise are essential to the liberal tradition. He illustrates this with the story about Frederick Law Olmsted visiting the South before the Civl War.

[mick]

Do as I say not as I do? People like to think of themselves as kind thoughtful liberals whilst cocooned in their familiar surroundings and pampered lives but the moment someone doesn’t share their view of the world they become the most illiberal people.

[Plainstreamer]

Hi can attics matter if the liberals always move their fence ?