A very interesting phenomenon is the large number of labels we place on people: conservative, liberal, racist, mean-spirited, sexist, pinhead, stupid, homophobic, communist, NAZI, pig, fascist, to name but a few. Anyone who dares disagree with any group of folks on anything is called a name.
President Barack Obama called the Baltimore rioters, looters, arsonists and thieves, criminal thugs; for that he was called a racist by a Baltimore City Councilman. Come on now, is President Obama a racist? Not even close, but he condemned the criminal acts conducted by mostly African American folks, so he was labeled with that title.
If you are not a Senator Bernie Sanders liberal or a Senator Ted Cruz conservative, you are a traitor to the cause and not a real believer. The acid test is that you must be a pure conservative or a pure liberal, or you are a traitor, sellout or a turncoat. No room for any other stand but 100% blind belief in the cause. You are a traitor if you believe abortion needs to be allowed to save the life of the mother, or on the other side if you believe generations of welfare dependency has damaged the nation.
We continue to hear that the nation has never been so divided; we are divided, but not even close to how divided we were in the years leading up to the American Civil War. That failure to compromise resulted in the deaths of 640,000 Americans, in today’s population over 6,500,000 American dead, the entire population of Indiana.
Our representative Democracy is based on the art of compromise; Americans have a real genius for compromise, and our system of government is based on it. We are a conglomerate of states, all with a multinational population, many races, different religions, customs and courtesies, a true melting pot.
Let’s not forget our nation was founded with a system of government that embraced the give and take of the Yankee trading ethic. We all need to work together for the good of our nation. The insane truth is I will be condemned by the dedicated left and right for this letter.
Robert M. Traxler, Dorr, Mich.
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