When Kindness Isn’t Enough Anymore

About this episode

Bill Monty discusses the need for more than kindness in the current moment, emphasizing informed anger as a necessary response to the erosion of democratic norms.

Send me a message In this episode, Bill Monty reflects on a message he has often shared—be kind to one another—and explains why the current moment demands something more from older Americans. Drawing on lived experience and historical memory, Bill discusses why anger, when informed and purposeful, can be a responsible and necessary response to the erosion of democratic norms. He explores how the balance of power outlined in the U.S. Constitution is meant to function, why executive overreach s...

People in this episode

Host: Bill Monty

Topics covered

• kindness
• anger
• democratic norms
• older Americans
• historical memory
• balance of power

Keywords

• kindness
• anger
• democracy
• older Americans
• historical context
• U.S. Constitution
• executive overreach

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