Will Potter (1980) American journalist
Review https://www.eunicewong.com/books to the book The Sustainability Secret by Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn (2015).
“It is simply no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse.”
— Al Gore
Quotes, The Assault on Reason (2007)
Context: It is simply no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse. I know I am not alone in feeling that something has gone fundamentally wrong. In 2001, I had hoped it was an aberration when polls showed that three-quarters of Americans believed that Saddam Hussein was responsible for attacking us on Sept. 11. More than five years later, however, nearly half of the American public still believes Saddam was connected to the attack.
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "It is simply no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse." by Al Gore?
Al Gore127
45th Vice President of the United States 1948Related quotes
“That theater doesn't make for authentic public discourse.”
Jon Stewart (1962) American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian
Hartford Advocate Interview (2008)
Context: Stewart: The real issue is that TV news can either bring clarity or noise. And it tends to not seem to know the difference between them. … We do a show that doesn't try to bring noise. I think that we have a more consistent point of view than most news shows, I'll say that.
Bulger: What's that point of view?
Stewart: That theater doesn't make for authentic public discourse.
“I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.”
Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) American astronaut; first person to walk on the moon
Declining to be interviewed for a magazine article, quoted in "Armstrong's Code" by Kathy Sawyer in Washington Post Magazine (11 July 1999) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/space/armstrong1.htm
“You have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably.”
Jon Stewart (1962) American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian
Crossfire Appearance (2004)
Context: Stewart: You have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably.
Carlson: You need to get a job at a journalism school, I think.
Stewart: You need to go to one. [... ]
Carlson: Wait. I thought you were going to be funny. Come on. Be funny.
Stewart: No. No. I'm not going to be your monkey.
Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) French painter
Source: Quotes of Paul Cezanne, after 1900, Cézanne, - a Memoir with Conversations, (1897 - 1906), p. 155, in: 'What he told me – I. The motif': Cited in: George Pattison. God and Being: An Enquiry, (2011). p. 64
“There is no terror equal that of the ignorant in a strange place.”
Gore Vidal (1925–2012) American writer
Source: 1960s, Julian (1964), Chapter 16
“Why has America's public discourse become less focused and clear, less reasoned?”
Al Gore (1948) 45th Vice President of the United States
Quotes, The Assault on Reason (2007)
Context: For the first time in American history, the Executive Branch of our government has not only condoned but actively promoted the treatment of captives in wartime that clearly involves torture, thus overturning a prohibition established by General George Washington during the Revolutionary War.
It is too easy — and too partisan — to simply place the blame on the policies of President George W. Bush. We are all responsible for the decisions our country makes. We have a Congress. We have an independent judiciary. We have checks and balances. We are a nation of laws. We have free speech. We have a free press. Have they all failed us? Why has America's public discourse become less focused and clear, less reasoned? Faith in the power of reason — the belief that free citizens can govern themselves wisely and fairly by resorting to logical debate on the basis of the best evidence available, instead of raw power — remains the central premise of American democracy. This premise is now under assault.
