Will McAvoy: Why we need to stand up to each other

will-mcavoy-1024 — Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy. Photo: HBO

The Twitter account under the name of Will McAvoy, the fictitious anchor of a cable TV news network made popular by The Newsroom, offers some grist worth considering on the current political campaign.

He spares no one; not Trump supporters, not liberals, and not the people who complain about "politics as usual."

Consider and comment:

2. I'm not talking about claiming Bush stole the election refuse to accept, but people who will be unwilling to believe Donald Trump lost.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

4. Let's be clear: No one, and I mean no one, did more to ensure the Trump sexual assault story stayed in the news than Trump himself.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

5. This isn't the result of the biased media. He has mishandled his response to the video and the subsequent allegations every single step.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

9. The first, and most obvious reason is they have been fed a lie about a liberal mainstream media for decades, and assume it is fact.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

11. If you can't trust politicians and you can't trust the media, you have to go somewhere else for the services they provide. Enter Trump.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

12. If you teach people to ignore any voices other than your own, and they listen, you can tell them anything and they will believe.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

17. When you discuss ideas with someone who disagrees with you, you are forcing yourself to think critically about your own convictions.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

19. The purpose of debate is not to convince your opponent they are wrong, but rather to convince anyone else listening you are right.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

21. Mark Twain once said "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." It's even more true now.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

23. Even the smallest level of critical thinking (FoxNews wasn't popular until after 9/11; wasn't overtly ultra-conservative until 2004)...
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

25. I get it. You don't want to engage because you'll get frustrated because your opponent won't listen to reason. This isn't easy.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

27. And I know no one wants to be caught in the middle of a shouting match at the dinner table. Polling numbers support that.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

29. Trump is running for President and he's not getting his ass kicked, in part, because we've decided to separate ourselves politically.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

31. How many of you complaining you don't have a voice don't even know the name of your Congressman?
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

33. If you want new voices in Washington, you have to stop ignoring school boards and city councils. These are your future Congressmen.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

35. It's extraordinarily difficult to change a system completely from the outside, so why the hell is everyone expecting that to happen?
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

37. How can you expect people you disagree with to stand up to someone like Trump when you yourself are unwilling to stand for your beliefs?
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

39. I'm not suggesting you tolerate abuse--no one should do that. But you also cannot shut yourself off from the world. That helps no one.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

41. And if that's not enough of a warning, Jesus, I don't know what else I can say to convince you.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) October 14, 2016

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