Reply #49: Anything that reminds us of our common humanity will be stronger [View All]

than those things which divide.

I think part of the friction is really a battle over whose 'reality' is the correct one or will prevail, as it's very disconcerting to feel that one's perceptions can be so off center from that of others. I blame much of that on media manipulations and propaganda wizards who have helped to create this artificial fissure, although more esoteric explanations may also be relevant for this national "quake" in our collective psyches.

How many times have you just stared blankly, dumbfounded by a Republican's explanation for events? The separation in realities is absolutely earth shattering.

So all political and idiological issues aside, it certainly feels like we are fighting for the reality upon which we base our very existence. And yet it seems elusive and shattered. So by focusing on those aspects of reality we still share we are reminded of and grounded in our deeper human bond. It does no good to try to bludgeon the other person with OUR reality directly, because that feels life threatening.