Why?

The question I hate to be asked is the question that more people should ask, especially of people like me.

It is “Why?” Because it forces you to confront the reasons for something you think, something you just say or something you mindlessly believe. I hate to be asked it but am relieved when people do. It shows me that I am not alone in believing that authority figures should explain their thinking, should be accountable for that thinking and reassures me that people are thinking.

The last thing that we need is to be listening to people who are unwilling or unable to account for the reasons that they say things. Anyone can say thing, we need to be listening to reasoned thinking.