Thank you, maybe?
Blaming everything on “them” is what they want you to do. When it’s “us vs them” people are easily manipulated into fear and anger. Fear and anger are powerful motivators. They want you motivated to vote to keep them in power.
Try looking at things outside of an “us vs them” mentality, you might find compassion, collaboration, and peace all come easier that way.
Compassion: a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
Hence one of the many reasons I am a firefighter and have been for 35+ years
Collaboration: Working TOGETHER to produce something
I am more than willing to work with anyone who is not yelling at me, calling me juvenilistic names, or attempting to instigate violence against me or those I care about.
Peace: agreement between warring or antagonistic groups
Last I checked "they" are the antagonists, the ones perpetuating the violence, burning down businesses, churches, killing those they falsely proclaim to be protecting or protesting for.
No, I think you should realize the truth, the reality that there is most definitely a "us vs them". The "us" is Americans who value capitalism, freedom, opportunity for all those who are willing to toil to realize their dreams. Those who are not looking for some one to give them a hand out (most assuredly NOT to be confused with a hand up!!!!). The "them" is everyone who would see this country become a socialist society, where you and I pay 75% or more in taxes so that every child can attend college, so everyone has universal health care, so every one has a place to live, all of these things sound nice, don't they? Until you stop and think that however hard you work, you will never get ahead, you will always have the same life as the guy next door who does not work, who sits on his butt and does nothing all day. He will have the same things as you, the guy busting his ass, putting in 50-75 hours a week, running into burning houses to save the life of someone you do not even know. Being deployed to third world countries that embrace this socialist bull shit, risking your life to save their citizens because the socialist government stole all the "compassion" your capitalist government sent them.......
So tell me again, Lefty, how I should have an "open" mind and view things from your fucked up perspective?
Thank you, and good night