Outrage at Lorde and the Mongrel Mob shows we're losing our ability to see two sides of an issue

On Tumblr, Lorde, old poetry and the Mongrel Mob, columnist Glenn McConnell reflects on a divided nation.OPINION: Very few people can be labelled either good or evil. The 2010s saw an old poem by Walt Whitman take off on social media. The website Tumblr, urged by alt stars like Lana Del Rey, fell in love with the old essayist and journalist who died in 1892. He was a white American, who the history books say enjoyed sunbathing naked. His work, Song of Myself, was repeated to no end, especially the line “Very well then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.”123RFWalt Whitman, 1819-1892, was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. To me, that phrase spoke to intellectual curiosity and an acceptance that, well, nothing’s perfect. No one political ideology is watertight and even our best-held beliefs should be malleable. It acknowledges that our views can often contradict themselves, therefore we should be open to hearing the thoughts and experiences of others. READ MORE: * Claims Lorde ‘ripped off’ Lana del Rey are greatly exaggerated * Gangs’ similarities with influencer culture is no coincidence * Mongrel Mob and Waikato DHB partner up at Hearty Hauora While many of us…
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