Ironically
enough, Russia Today beat me to the punch. One of the biggest
reasons we could come to civil war in the USA is if people become so
divided that they no longer are able to talk. During the election
campaign in 2016, we heard plenty of stories of people unable to have
Thanksgiving with their families because of the division present even
then. It's been two, going on three years since then and one place
you never stop hearing about how unfair it was, or just constantly
taking jabs at Trump is through the media.
Nearly every
time I turn on NPR in the car, look at news on the web, or check the
major media outlets I am almost instantly bombarded with some news
about how Trump is the worst president ever and how he is passing
some legislation which is going to ruin our lives. The facts speak
for themselves. More people are working. We haven't gotten involved
in any military conflicts overseas. Overdoses seem to be going down.
He, President Trump, is doing some much needed good. Some much
needed good that neither a typical Republican nor Democratic nominee
could have or would have. He does counter the good with a lot of
stupidity, or narcissism. Not to necessarily defend him, but that is
the American way.
The main, and
important thing to realize, is we are being pitted against each
other. The media especially is preying on people's emotions.
Typical emotional response is either fight or flight. With things
getting broken down into binary fashion, people are forgetting there
is a middle ground. This is the commons. It's where common sense
comes from. It is where compromise exists. As individuals within
this country, we need to defend that ability and that option to meet
on a common ground. A huge part of that defense means building up
some resilience to the information wars we are exposed to. We'll
delve into that next week!
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