In the quest for a broadened perspective, we cannot treat dialogue like a boxing match. Otherwise, each opponent, after taking a brutal hit, will return to their corners, itching to hit harder in the next round. And if one boxer knocks the other out, the defeated boxer doesn’t immediately yield to the victor, but instead leaves the ring with burning resentment. Democratic ideals have never called for the subjugation of our enemy’s view and the exaltation of our own; to do so would be to debase ourselves to the level of tyrants and autocrats.

Do we as Americans really want to see a nation where everyone from all points on the political spectrum can come together and join hands, or do we just want our political enemies not to attack us? It seems to me that it’s the latter.

Carly Fiorina is not the kind of politician most Washington University students support.