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But it is our reluctance to make demands on each other, much more than our reluctance to help those in need, that is sapping the strength of democracy today. We have become far too accommodating and tolerant for our own good. In the name of sympathetic understanding, we tolerate second-rate workmanship, second-rate habits of thought, and second-rate standards of personal conduct. We put up with bad manners and with many kinds of bad language, ranging from the commonplace scatology that is now ubiquitous to elaborate academic evasion. We seldom bother to correct a mistake or to argue with opponents in the hope of changing their minds. Instead we either shout them down or agree to disagree, saying that all of us have a right to our opinions. Democracy in our time is more likely to die of indifference than of tolerance. Tolerance and understanding are important virtues, but they must not become an excuse for apathy.
— Christopher Lasch
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Today is Monday, November 7th, the 311th day of 2022. There are 54 days left in the year. It is Notary Public Day, National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day, National Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day, National Hug a Bear Day, and International Merlot Day.
On This Day
In 1492, the Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, struck Earth in a wheat field outside a village in France.
In 1775, John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, started the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore’s Offer of Emancipation, which offered freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
In 1811, the Battle of Tippecanoe was fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana.
In 1893, women in Colorado were granted the ability to vote.
In 1929, the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, opened to the public.
In 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed in a windstorm, just four months after its completion.
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