padremike wrote:
When you can explain how a traditional American possessing traditional American morals, values, faith, love of family and homeland etc., can willingly compromise those foundational values to be civil and respectful to those on the Left who are avowed enemies of everything we respect and hold dear, then Pollyanna can have voice and v**e.
I’m a traditional American possessing traditional morals, values, faith and love of family and country, and I won’t compromise those, but will listen to others.
Your view that the left are avowed enemies of everything is your view.
When did this partisan divide moving to gridlock in government, distrust of government, media, each other if in different affiliations, when did individuals avoid talking politics in public, when did families no longer have associations with other family members. When did name calling and constant lying become the norm?
Trump did not create this but he clearly expanded and exasperated the h**e and discord in the USA, for the past ~8 years( his running for President until today)Conspiracy theories are rule of day, you repeat it enough it becomes real. Partisan media and unfiltered internet are adding to discontent.
Trump is anti democracy gas to fire trying to destroy USA. Conservative Democrats and Republicans need step recognize this and step up to right the USA democratic republic.
I DISAGREE WITH YOUR VIEW THAT THE LEFT ARE AVOWED ENEMIES OF EVERYTHING WE HOLD DEAR.
Note: I was an independent for years until I realized the power of party platforms and how little influence independents in Congress had unless they were a swing v**er. I lean to conservative democratic side at this time, and clearly I don’t feel that me and other ~80m active Democratic v**ers are avowed enemies of everything , and I don’t feel the ~70m conservative republican v**ers are avowed enemies of everything.
Most of us are all still individuals with the characteristics discussed above. We need to continue civil discussions on the issues vs adding our own gas to the fires of partisanship. The most harmful wall built in the past eight years is the partisan walls between Republicans and Democrats, cross the wall and you are the enemy. That’s one wall that needs to be torn down.
Name calling and h**eful rhetoric will not get us there.
Civil discussions of our differences listening to and accepting facts, holding professional organizations ( police, lawyers, judges, doctors, accountants, congressmen, etc) to aggressively police their own and have consequences for unethical, immoral behaviors.
Continue value add discussion of issues between individuals and not stop just because one has a different affiliation or that the other side are all radicals and all totally wrong. Everything is not political.
Thanks for your response got, me thinking. Cheers!