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The Other Side Isn’t Going Anywhere
Like it or not, the country is never going to be politically homogenous; we’re going to have to make the best of it.
It has become a sort of purity test put forward by the extremists in both parties: They attack moderates for working with the other side because the other side — home to either socialists and anarchists or racists and fascists — is irredeemable, crazed, and evil.
I continue to hear from people in my personal life, on social media, and in the mainstream media, all my fellow Biden supporters, that we have no reason to feel sorry for Trump supporters or even to show grace in victory. There is dignity in being a graceful winner, but we can put aside all high-minded reasons for being conciliatory.
Right-wingers have taken far too many opportunities to “stick it to the libs” and many an opinionated leftist is ready to get their revenge for an interminable list of grievances. What all those who seek to inflame political tensions fail to realize is that the other side isn’t going anywhere. We should always work to highlight our commonality, and to be agreeable despite our differences, because in this democracy we all share the power.
We should treat our fellow citizens like members of our family. And I don’t mean that we…
