Good morning, Strictly potpourri on this Tuesday: WHY CAN’T WE JUST GET ALONG? I’ve been trying for years to figure out why people of good faith but different ideas can’t work to find common ground. Susie Whyte Simon reminds me when in college, we held a party and invited both the Trojan Republicans and the Trojan Democrats. There were so many people, we had to expand into Susie’s larger apartment. And what would seem startling today is that everyone got along and argued policy and politics late into the evening. The disputes were not about underlying values (which we generally shared), but how to get to a desired shared vision by the best means possible. There is something to be said about people with different programs but the same basic ideals getting together and partying.
With regard to your "Why Can't we Just Get Along" I would suggest directing your readers to NoLabels.org, an organization dedicated to creating a safe space in Congress for Democrats and Republicans to sit down together and find common ground. Whether one deems their mission a pipe dream or not, it is the only organization of its kind making a difference in this regard...see the Problem Solvers Caucus in the House. To overcome our continual march towards greater polarization, one needs to carve out a better way, not just become the mirror image of what you detest. Then again, I could be wrong....
With regard to your "Why Can't we Just Get Along" I would suggest directing your readers to NoLabels.org, an organization dedicated to creating a safe space in Congress for Democrats and Republicans to sit down together and find common ground. Whether one deems their mission a pipe dream or not, it is the only organization of its kind making a difference in this regard...see the Problem Solvers Caucus in the House. To overcome our continual march towards greater polarization, one needs to carve out a better way, not just become the mirror image of what you detest. Then again, I could be wrong....