America, a country divided.
For my entire life, it seems America has been divided between liberals and conservatives who label themselves Democrats and Republicans. One side seemingly wanting to be progressive, to change the status quo, to be socially "liberal". The other side seemingly wanting to leave things as they were, to be socially "conservative".
I feel that over the past 10 years things have gotten significantly worse, being hateful and even violent at times. Extremists from both sides are quick to curse, name call, demean, finger point, and threaten. It's really awful. Neither side is willing to concede or compromise. Both sides want the government to control more and more individual behaviors.
One of the problems, as I see it, is that the government is either unable or unwilling to truly govern. Rather than Congress doing sound research, representing the people and then writing sound laws, we rely too much on the Supreme Court to decide what's ok and what's not. Often times it's the ruling party or the group that protests the loudest that is heard. We desperately need term limits for Congress. And we the people need to come together and allow each other to live and let live.
I have very conservative, gun toting, bible believing, flag-waving friends. And I have very liberal, same-sex married, atheist, open border friends. If we all stopped yelling over social media and sat down in the same room, talked over a meal, got to know each other, we might find that in the end, we have similar goals and values. Then, maybe we could find a compromise....a way forward, for all of us and our posterity.
My challenge for each of us is to get to know those individuals who are different from us. Try to understand where they are coming from, their viewpoints, etc. In the end, we don't have to agree, but we can still love and respect our fellow man...or whatever pronoun they prefer. 😉
Best to you!
DK
I feel that over the past 10 years things have gotten significantly worse, being hateful and even violent at times. Extremists from both sides are quick to curse, name call, demean, finger point, and threaten. It's really awful. Neither side is willing to concede or compromise. Both sides want the government to control more and more individual behaviors.
One of the problems, as I see it, is that the government is either unable or unwilling to truly govern. Rather than Congress doing sound research, representing the people and then writing sound laws, we rely too much on the Supreme Court to decide what's ok and what's not. Often times it's the ruling party or the group that protests the loudest that is heard. We desperately need term limits for Congress. And we the people need to come together and allow each other to live and let live.
I have very conservative, gun toting, bible believing, flag-waving friends. And I have very liberal, same-sex married, atheist, open border friends. If we all stopped yelling over social media and sat down in the same room, talked over a meal, got to know each other, we might find that in the end, we have similar goals and values. Then, maybe we could find a compromise....a way forward, for all of us and our posterity.
My challenge for each of us is to get to know those individuals who are different from us. Try to understand where they are coming from, their viewpoints, etc. In the end, we don't have to agree, but we can still love and respect our fellow man...or whatever pronoun they prefer. 😉
Best to you!
DK
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