and george mason university's andrew jason cohen gives tips for thanksgiving and all year long. watch washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning, on c-span or c-span now, our free mobile app. join the discussion with phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> sunday on "q&a," the author of "silent spring revolution" talks about the conservationist movement and the landmark legislation approved in the early 1970's on under the leadership of president kennedy, johnson and nixon. >> i am grateful to that generation that we did get the environmental protection agency and the endangered species act. nixon did signed a vigorous clean air act that made a difference. we had a clean water act in 1972, and this silent spring generation that i am writing about, it had a lot of people in it, and the three presidents were responsive, and that is with great presidents do, so on this regard, i think kennedy, johnson and nixon all were of truly good, if not great, environmental presence. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." you can listen to "q&a" a

and george mason university civil exchange fellow, andrew jason cohen, gives his tips for civil discourset thanksgiving and all year long. watch washington journal live, on

enter jason cohen is with us. --andrew jason cohen is with us.with the george mason university center. you will give his tips for civil discourse thanksgiving and all year long. we will be right back. ♪ >> middle and high-school students, it is your time to shine. you are invited to participate in this year's studentcam documentary competition. picture yourself as a newly elected member of congress. we ask this use competitors, what are your top priorities and why. make a 5-6-minute video that shows the importance of your issue from opposing and supporting perspectives. don't be afraid to take risks with your documentary. be bold. amongst the $100,000 in cash prizes is a $5,000 rent price. videos must be submitted by genera 20, 2023. visit our website at studentcam.org for competition rules, tips, resources, and a step by step guide. >> listening to programs on c-span through c-span radio just got easier. tell your smart speaker, "play c-span radio," and listen to "washington journal" daily at 7:00 a.m. eastern, importing congressional hearings t

enter jason cohen is with us. --andrew jason cohen is with us.w with the george mason university center. you will give his tips for civil discourse thanksgiving and all year long. we will be right back. ♪ >> middle and high-school students, it is your time to shine. you are invited to participate in this year's studentcam documentary competition. picture yourself as a newly elected member of congress. we ask this use competitors, what are your top priorities and why. make a 5-6-minute video that shows the importance of your issue from opposing and supporting perspectives. don't be afraid to take risks with your documentary. be bold. amongst the $100,000 in cash prizes is a $5,000 rent price. videos must be submitted by genera 20, 2023. visit our website at studentcam.org for competition rules, tips, resources, and a step by step guide. >> listening to programs on c-span through c-span radio just got easier. tell your smart speaker, "play c-span radio," and listen to "washington journal" daily at 7:00 a.m. eastern, importing congressional hearings

and george mason university civil exchange fellow, andrew jason cohen, gives his tips for civil discourse at thanksgiving and all year long. watch washington journal live, on c-span or on c-span.com or on c-span now are free live mobile video app. join the conversation with your phone calls, text meages and tweet. >> sunday on q&a, historian douglas wrinkly, author of silent spring revolution talked about the conservationist movement and the legislation approved under the leadership of presidents johnson, kennedy, and nixon. >> how grateful to that generations that we did get that endangered species act, the clean air act, we have the clean water act in 1972. this silent spring generation that i am writing about had a lot of people in it. but the presidents were responsive to the public, and that's what great presidents do. in this regard, i think kennedy, johnson, and nixon were all of truly good if not gre environmental conservationists. >> the book, silent spring revolution, on q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >> c-span now is a free mobile

host: andrew jason cohen is with us this morning, philosophy professor at georgia state university also with the george mason university mercatus center , a pluralism and civil exchange fellow.

the civil extent fellow andrew jason cohen gives his tips for civil discourse at thanksgiving and allour long. watch washington journal, live, at seven eastern, sunday morning on c-span or on c-span now, or free moab. join the discussion with your phone call, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. ♪ >> sunday on q&a, historian douglas brinkley offers a revolution to talk about the conservationist movement in the landmark legislation approved during the 1960's and early 1970's under the leadership of president kennedy, johnson, nixon. >> i'm grateful to that generation that we did get an environmental. we did get it. nixon did sign a clean air act in 1970 that made a difference. he had a clean water act in 1972. this silent spring generation that i'm writing about how a lot of people in it, the three presidents were responsive to the public. that is what greatresidents do. in this regard, i think kennedy, johnson, and nixon all were truly good, if not great, environmental presidents. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span q&a. you can listen to q&a and our podcasts on our app

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host: andrew jason cohen is with us this morning, philosophy professor at georgia state university also with the george mason university mercatus center , a pluralism and civil exchange fellow. let's talk about your work, mr. cohen. you are studying civil discourse. what is that? guest: great question. first, thank you for having me on, pleasure to meet you. so, civil discourse i think is discourse that is intellectually engaged, not necessarily polite, but it is respectful. we have to make sure that both parties are agreeing to have a discussion and that they recognize that disagreeing with one another is not any sign of indication of disrespect. in fact, is what respect requires. disagree with somebody, you are basically saying to them "i think you're are capable of understanding where i'm coming from, i think you are capable of understanding the truth of the matter, so i will explain to you what the truth is." similarly, you have to be in a position to accept that from other people. you have to be in a position to accept a disagreement with what you believe from them, because they al