I usually try to stay away from political topics in my blog posts. But I've really been disturbed by the rhetoric that is being bandied about by some prominent people in this country over the past year or so. I won't name names. We know who the players are.
This notion of there being a "real America" seems to me, well, un-American.
Our country was founded on the principles of diversity. In religion, in race, in thought and beliefs. We've always maintained that as long as you are not doing harm to anyone your opinions and beliefs are safe in this country.
Some of the things I've heard and read recently harken back to the dark days of McCarthyism. Calling out someone because they don't agree with your way of thinking and claiming they are less patriotic than you is, well, un-American.
I heard one of the leading talking heads on the radio today claiming that the other side HATED innovators and entrepreuners. That they were out to get the industrialists and movers and shakers in this country. I thought to myself, "really? I've never heard of any such thing coming from that side." And believe me I've heard a lot from that side in my lifetime, having lived in the San Francisco Bay Area most of my life.
No, they don't hate entreprenuers. They aren't out to "get" anyone. It's just that their way of doing things is different than yours. If we wanted a country where everyone agreed with everyone on everything we would be living in a totalitarian state. And that's, well, un-American.
I think we all need to step back and realize that what has made this country great over the past two hundred and thirty three years is our ability to discuss differences in a CIVIL, non-violent manner. To accept each others differences. Not necessarily agree with them. But respect them. Without name calling. We need to go back to the notion that we are all in this together, we are all Americans.
Anything less, in my opinion, is, well, un-American.
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