[capebuffalo]

Here's the problem we're all guilty of.
We've allowed the media and the sudo-intellectuals to label each other as African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans(That one floors me since if we were born here we're native Americans) White, Asiatics, Muslims, Jews, Christians, Neocons, right wing, left wing, gays(another one that floors me; definition of gay is happy, last time I looked) Christian Right(not all rights are Christian) rich,poor, last but not least,"politically correct". You could go on and on. The Media,Academic Community,Hollywood,the entertainment community, the ACLU, lawyers,politicans are perpetuating a division. They love it! You hear every day that we're a nation divided. They salivate. Until we recognize that we are all Americans,we'll have a serious problem. If we don't stand together,we'll fall together for a nation divided cannot stand. Incidentally, Since there are those among us who want to see that happen, It's important that we have a dialog with those between the extremes or we're doomed to be a third world country. A talk host by the name of Bob Grant may have it right, when he says the country is sick and getting sicker.(sad,true observation.) The cure rest with all of us . We're all Americans and should be proud of it. Stop the label crap! That's where we should begin! I'm tired of this politically correct stuff!What say you?

[polygirl]

In general, nicely said. I agree - we're all in this together and the problem can't be solved without everyone's cooperation and participation. And above all, we simply must learn to agree to disagree and respect everyone's right to their opinion. It's the disrespectfulness of it all that is tearing us apart.

Polygirl