What is the Difference Between Morals and Politics?
The future of the United States depends on it.
I am an American liberal woman married to an American conservative man. More marriages like ours are shattering now than ever before.
It happens all the time: people we’ve known throughout our lives we are starting to see for who they “really are.”
Insufferable, selfish, immoral, evil, inhumane. These words now describing our family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers.
Lifelong relationships are ending over differences in political parties.
So many of us asking ourselves, ‘how didn’t I see this evil in them before?’ or ‘how can’t they understand that what they believe is evil?’
Here’s the thing. If you’re losing friends over politics, it’s not an awakening. You haven’t been enlightened. You’ve been led astray.
Frankly, we all have.
Let me explain how to fix it.
Conversations: The Key
Contrary to the tone of the world around us, my conservative husband and I have civil and productive discussions about politics almost daily.
Does that sound crazy to you? Even impossible?
It shouldn’t.
When it all boils down, we’re on the same team, aren’t we?
I’m on the team that wants the US to keep progressing as a country and to be the best nation it can be. So is my husband. We just see different paths for getting there.
So the question isn’t, “what side are you on?” Instead, it’s, “how have we collectively forgotten that we’re on the same side?”
Let’s back up a bit. How did we get here?
In 2020, the United States of America is the most divided it has ever been. This shouldn’t come as news to anyone.
How did we get here? I think the answer is multi-faceted.
Our Leaders (Political and Social) Create a Divide
On a macro-level, we’re no longer discussing the United States of America as a whole. It has become about red states…
