I feel as though the time we live in today is more politically divisive than at any other time in history -- but I can only say that since the time I live in now is the only time I am most intimately familiar with. I can only gauge change that I have witnessed in my short life.
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Yet, in that short span of time, I've seen a fissure grow between the left and the right that has accelerated and grown since I was a young child. This fissure has grown to such an extent that no middle ground can be found between our two political parties. Sadly, differences of
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opinion should not be filled with hatred, anxiety and fear, but that is what we have become today as a society. There is a great chasm in our world that has divided us so greatly that we would rather hate our neighbor than find commonality in our worldviews. This decisiveness is
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unsustainable in our society. There is too much hatred, fear, confusion and anger between people of different political persuasions. It doesn't have to be this way but we cannot begin the healing process until we put basic humanity before political ideals.
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What does that mean, when abandoning basic humanity is the cornerstone of many people's political ideals? I cannot reconcile with someone chanting racist slogans, politicising disease control, and denying healthcare to millions without abandoning everything I hold to be right.