評論
打印
And we're not that. We're more interesting than that
但我們不是這樣 我們比這更復雜有趣
And the way that we go into the world
而我們進入這樣一個世界
understanding is to have these contradictions in ourselves
需要理解我們自身內部的矛盾
and see them in other people and not judge them for it
看到其他人也是如此 而且不以此評判他們
To know that
要知道這一點
in a world where debate has kind of fallen away
在這個辯論日益減少
and given way to shouting and bullying
并讓步于大喊大叫和恃強凌弱的世界
that the best thing is not just the idea of honest debate
最好的事不是誠實辯論
the best thing is losing a debate
而是輸掉辯論
because it means that you learnt something and you changed your position
因為這意味著你學到了什么東西 并且你改變了想法
The only way really to understand your position and its worth
真正理解你的想法及其價值的唯一方式
is to understand the opposite
是去理解它的相反面
That doesn't mean the crazy guy on the radio who is spewing hate
我指的不是在廣播中發泄憎恨的瘋子
it means the decent human truths of all the people
而是所有覺得有必要傾聽那個人的話的
who feel the need to listen to that guy
人們的人類真實感受
You are connected to those people
你同那些人聯系在一起
They're connected to him
他們同他聯系在一起
You can't get away from it
你無法脫離它
This connection is part of contradiction
這個聯系就是矛盾的一部分
It is the tension I was talking about
這就是我所說的張力
This tension isn't about two opposite points
張力指的不是兩個相對立的點
it's about the line in between them
而是連接它們之間的直線
and it's being stretched by them
它由它們所拉伸
We need to acknowledge and honor that tension
我們需要認識并尊重這種張力
and the connection that that tension is a part of
以及該張力作為一部分所形成的聯系
Our connection not just to the people we love
我們的聯系不僅僅是同我們所愛之人的聯系
but to everybody including people we can't stand and wish weren't around
還應當包括同我們無法忍受 不愿接觸之人的聯系
The connection we have is part of what defines us on such a basic level
這種聯系是基礎層面上定義我們的一部分
Freedom is not freedom from connection
自由不是脫離聯系的自由
Serial killing is freedom from connection
連環殺人是脫離聯系的自由
