Activism and Affability according to Nikki Haley

Abdullah Ali Ibrahim

I stopped at an incident in which Nikki Haley, Trump’s rival for the presidential nomination for the Republican Party, addressed young people from her party about the civility of political activism, which brought me back to our days as young people in the Communist Party. I asked them to stop being republican towards their democratic or liberal opponents. It is the habit of “Own the libs,” and it is a habit, in the context of the culture wars in America, through which the Republican wants to spite the liberal and upset him. I asked all of them if any of them had used “Own the Libs” in their online writings, and she added:
“I know that it’s fun and that it can feel good, but step back and think about what you’re accomplishing when you do this — are you persuading anyone? Who are you persuading? Haley impressed the audience. “We’ve all been guilty of it at some point or another, but this kind of speech isn’t leadership; it’s the exact opposite.” She added: “Real leadership is about persuasion; It’s about movement, it’s bringing people around to your point of view — not by shouting them down, but by showing them how it is in their best interest to see things the way you do.”
Did Haley’s Indian-Gandhian origins get the better of her in that graceful speech? I previously asked the question about Ralph Nader, who “invented” the culture of consumer protection in America: I asked whether he, a Lebanese who was raised by traditional Christian parents, was overcome by the example of the Eastern culture of compassion?
Culture “intrigue”.