The Catholic Coaching Podcast 18. The Bitter Fruits of "I'm Right and You're Wrong" in our Nation's Political Divide
Nov 17, 2020
A conversation about how rigid "I’m right and you’re wrong" thinking poisons civic life and personal relationships. They examine how certain thoughts lead to judgment, withdrawal, and self-protection. Practical steps are offered to choose openness, curiosity, prayer, and mercy instead of self-righteousness. The focus is on changing how we think before trying to change others.
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Truth Alone Can Create Barriers Without Love
- Objective moral truth can coexist with relational barriers; sin blocks intimacy with God and others while virtue opens it.
- Matt distinguishes truth as factual and 'thought' as the lens that determines whether truth builds relationship or creates barriers.
Choose Gratitude And Readiness Over Dismissal
- Replace the thought we're so different so we can't relate with gratitude for future conversations and readiness for deeper dialogue.
- Matt used past examples where openness produced intimacy and chose to wait for or welcome those moments.
Map The Thought To Emotion And Behavior
- Identify the thought I'm right and they're wrong, notice the resulting self-righteous emotion, and observe behaviors like seeking echo chambers.
- Erin admits she ruminates, seeks agreeable podcasts, detracts, and experiences schadenfreude instead of curiosity.