I recently posted this to my facebook page because I'm afraid we are still only seeing the tip of the iceberg.
Anger vs Disgust
I watched an interesting talk about the direction this country is heading.
In the discussion the topic of marriage counselling was brought up. When a couple is angry with each other, that has almost no impact on whether the relationship will last. When one or the other show signs of disgust with the other partner they will likely be divorced.
This show further went on to say that there is growing evidence people are starting to self segregate by political affiliation so that they don't meet many people of differing view points.
When you are in a mixed environment with people who have different views you come to know people as friends who you don't always agree with but you develop mutual respect and have at least some understanding of why they feel differently.
When you are surrounded by people who all believe the exact same things you tend to become less accepting of people with different beliefs and you develop prejudiced views against them.
We have seen a LOT of comments about a group being idiots or deplorables or libertards or pick your favorite insult to label a group of people who don't agree with you.
The cracks in our society are deepening into huge divides and if we don't find a way to find common ground we will all suffer because of it.
Neither the liberals or the conservatives have a perfect bead on reality. I would argue they both need a serious reality check. But for now they both need each other to flush out something "closer" to reality. We cannot devolve into having each side simply wining or losing because in the end we all end up losing. When we the people are only looking for the win, we are not looking at the best solution for the greatest number of people. We are being self centered and saying we simply don't care about anyone who disagrees with us.
We can NOT be disgusted with each other or all it lost.
Anger vs Disgust
I watched an interesting talk about the direction this country is heading.
In the discussion the topic of marriage counselling was brought up. When a couple is angry with each other, that has almost no impact on whether the relationship will last. When one or the other show signs of disgust with the other partner they will likely be divorced.
This show further went on to say that there is growing evidence people are starting to self segregate by political affiliation so that they don't meet many people of differing view points.
When you are in a mixed environment with people who have different views you come to know people as friends who you don't always agree with but you develop mutual respect and have at least some understanding of why they feel differently.
When you are surrounded by people who all believe the exact same things you tend to become less accepting of people with different beliefs and you develop prejudiced views against them.
We have seen a LOT of comments about a group being idiots or deplorables or libertards or pick your favorite insult to label a group of people who don't agree with you.
The cracks in our society are deepening into huge divides and if we don't find a way to find common ground we will all suffer because of it.
Neither the liberals or the conservatives have a perfect bead on reality. I would argue they both need a serious reality check. But for now they both need each other to flush out something "closer" to reality. We cannot devolve into having each side simply wining or losing because in the end we all end up losing. When we the people are only looking for the win, we are not looking at the best solution for the greatest number of people. We are being self centered and saying we simply don't care about anyone who disagrees with us.
We can NOT be disgusted with each other or all it lost.
. However - there were actual issues that people cared about 77% of Wyoming saw it trumps way. (Sorry Gordon. Haha). But back to the issues. We are all from different places. I can tell you Trumps very strong stance on trade and out sourcing won him the rust belt. Hillays statement on coal I am sure hurt her dearly in Pennsylvania. Even with democrats associated to unions that would normally endorse and whose union heads did endorse Hillary. Someone in California or Wyoming may not relate to that. I certainly do. And I remember a lot of failed promises of presidents past. Post election - his staff is still talking about it as opposed to it being a nice sound byte for a debate.
