Them: Why We Hate Each Other--and How to Heal: by Ben Sasse | Conversation Starters

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Them: Why We Hate Each Other--and How to Heal: by Ben Sasse | Conversation Starters

American communities and society are in upheaval, an unprecedented one that is causing anxiety, loneliness, and fractiousness. The worse part is that "we are distracting ourselves with artificial hatreds," Senator Ben Sasse says. He points to media outlets for stirring people into anger and hatred, calling their programs "politainment". The recent elections highlighted the problem of the country and its citizens who are not particularly interested in the "meaning of America." To heal our fractured communities and ailing country, he suggests that we identify and nurture our common bonds as a people.
Them is an instant New York Times bestseller. Kirkus Review cites Sasse's emphasis on "humility, empathy, and respect for pluralism" as the values that will ensure "the future of the republic."

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Daily Books
• Release date: Dec 9, 2018
• ISBN: 9788829570584

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Introducing Them, Why We Hate Each Other and How to Heal

Them: Why We Hate Each Other and How to Heal is a book written by Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse. The author says he grew up having a sense of rootedness and community in his hometown which still has that hometown-gym-on-a-Friday-night feeling. He laments that a lot has changed in contemporary America and his hometown's community cohesion is not the same anymore. People have jobs that take them outside of town. Many have uprooted themselves to stay in other places. Sasse denies he is nostalgic for the past, but he longs for that time when work, faith, recreation, and family were bound together. Families created close communities and helped each other raise their children. Today, he says communities and society are in upheaval, an unprecedented one that is causing anxiety, loneliness, and fractiousness. The worse part is that we are distracting ourselves with artificial hatreds, he says. He points to media outlets for stirring people into anger and hatred, calling their programs politainment. He likewise cites social media and websites that contribute to the confusion, promoting biases instead of informing people of relevant issues. He particularly singles out Sean Hannity of Fox News for making his viewers believe that liberals are bad people, that his viewers are victims, and telling them to be angry about many things. Sasse also criticizes those against