On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
It's not easy to talk about things that are still hurting.
When controversial speech can be taken offline through pressures on private intermediaries without any kind of due process, that is something we need to be concerned about.
'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.
When I see something that's sensitive, I go, 'You've got to put that out there.' You need to keep the dialogue going and shine a light on the bad guys. If you sweep it under the carpet, people forget about it. People stop talking about it.
It's much easier to make jokes about sensitive issues if there is some dissent, some conflict.
It's my job that if somebody wants to have a discussion about something, I'm certainly sensitive to that, and I'm willing to do it.
A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated.
I find it really cheap when people talk about an issue just for the sake of talking and are not making any difference to the actual situation.
The focus should not be on talking. Talk is cheap. It must be on action.