21/09/2020
Hate is easy, compassion is hard.
Political polarization is the growing gap between left and right, liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans. The social media accounts, celebrities, and influencers we follow become echo chambers of our own perceptions and thoughts. Although highly polarized rhetoric may be filled with just the right amount of drama to make it onto the nightly news and generate views and clicks, it is oftentimes not true or even a majority representative of the views of the party from which it came. Our tolerance for one another has shrunk to significantly low levels. We cannot continue to operate from a place of fear, hate, and misrepresentations about the other side, or else we will fall as a nation. From now until November 3rd, we will bring you two sides of every story.
Having different political views doesn't make us bad people, and our goal isn't to try to get you to switch to the other side. We simply want to cut to the stuff that matters and bring an understanding that both sides have credibility. What could happen when we stop putting an R and D next to each of our views, focus on ideas themselves, and take the time learn from each other? Who knows, we just might be able to stop tripping over its own two feet
