James Talarico

People mirror that behavior.

And they're hungry for it.

Yes.

People are hungry for connection.

And social media is almost like empty calories.

It feels like you're eating, like you're getting connection, but actually just ends you more hungry.

You're hungry at the end of the day.

Oh, that's so good.

Well, this certainly exists on both sides of the aisle.

But I think in recent years, this cancel culture on my side of the aisle has just become kind of the default spirituality on the left.

Yes.

And it is so toxic because nothing is more antithetical in my faith than canceling another human being.

Right.

Right.

If we are all endowed with the sacred image, if we are all holy—

then we are all of infinite worth and we are all entitled to unconditional love.

Like that is as a progressive, as a Democrat, like that is central to how I understand the world.

That's why I fight for universal healthcare and against big money.

It's because I believe each person is sacred.

So then in a conversation where someone happens to not agree with you on a policy, even an important policy, the fact that you would write them off as irredeemable, as trash.