Why Are We Fighting so Much in America Lately?
Imploring all Americans to take a new approach and heal our great divide
Why are we fighting?
Why have we dug ourselves in on one side to scream profanities and claim the moral high-ground against the other?
I get it. The other side has faults. They are morally corrupt. They are asleep at the wheel.
But if we thought they were “gone,” would there be any point in arguing with them? If we thought they were irredeemable, would it be worth getting frustrated over their ignorance?
Of course not.
If they were so far gone there was no hope, we’d just ignore them. But we don’t. We engage in a political tennis match, getting more and more frustrated with their every response.
And I’m beginning to think that’s a good thing.
Let me explain.
We fight because we care
All this fighting gives me hope. It tells me that we care about one thing — healing the divide.
