I thought this short piece of fluff was interesting. It is depressing that Americans, particularly Midwestern Americans, might have become so polarized by the awful people in today’s politics that they will no longer engage in discourse about solutions or might even divorce friends and family over their differences.
Public Union Strife Redefining Wisconsin's Identity
by NPR Staff - June 19, 2011 - 4 min 32 sec
Ever since I took up my current hobby, I’ve found increasing numbers of ordinary people who have political, social or policy opinions that are so strongly held that they will not [cannot?] discuss them – this is true left and right. [No, this is not just because I’m singularly good at pissing people off.] Friends and relatives with different views might once have been a moderating influence but now they get divorced. It’s much more than sad.
Folks, we are not the enemy; the enemy is the dysfunctional political class and the new American industry of professional agitation. We are, however, the problem. We must stop drinking their Kool-aid and start voting for real leaders who tell us the truth.
There is hardly a single politician left that can ever publically advocate for an idea or explain the causes of a problem; they can only spout the Party line propaganda and point out the flaws in the propaganda of the other side. This.is.not.leadership. We continue to follow these bums at our peril.
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