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conservatives and liberals may see things differently, they care equally. I've found that,
deep down, any thinking person wants to be challenged respectfully and thoughtfully.
(That's why, rather than install a new air-conditioning system for our chapel, we built a
well in a thirsty Nicaraguan village.)
Promote multilateralism. Join your local chapter of the UN. In the lead-up to the Iraq
War, I designed bumper stickers with the blue-and-white UN flag that said simply “Think
Multilaterally” so my neighbors and I could fly our flag without implying we supported a
unilateral foreign policy.
Travel inside the United States to appreciate the full diversity of culture and thought
within our vast, multifaceted society. Tune in to both ethnic diversity and economic di-
versity. Assume that subcultures—even scary ones—provide basic human necessities. At
home and abroad, the vast majority of people who look scary aren't. I remember the first
time I walked through Seattle's Hempfest—a party of 100,000 far-out people filling a
park. A man named Vivian wearing a Utili-kilt and dreadlocks yelled, “Give it up!” for a
