I am becoming more and more concerned with the polarization between liberals and conservatives in this country. I mean, at some point, this is going to come to a head, and then what? I thought 2000 was bad, I have never in my life seen the hatred that is so evident now and wonder what will make this country united again. Obviously a major terror attack only unites the country for a short time and then its business as usual.
I look forward to other people's comments. Not trying to be negative, but its hard not to.
I had a similar thought and commented on it last night. I see the poisoned political discourse swirling around me. I've read far too much history in my life to not draw some very unpleasant analogies.
What I see is scaring the living hell out of me.
We seem to say that every four years - hatred and polorization. As a very young boy in the 30's I remember my dad, saying - "Roosevelt is a Communist." He actually wasn't far off though given Roosevelt's love affair with Joe Stalin.
The difference today is there is so much media and most people are bombarded by TV and radio - there isn't time for reflective reasoning before mouthing off compared to the printed word (not including the Internet of course which is also instant).