I don't know how true that actually is, but I do know that we're more divided now, than at any point in my lifetime. I also know that the causes for it are open to debate and opinion right now.
However, this morning on the Fox and Friends news program, they played a segment that exposed just how troubling our partisanship has become.
Last week, Campus Reforms Cabot Phillips went to New York's NYU campus, and asked students their opinion on President Trump's State of the Union address (The one that he hasn't even given until tomorrow). Out of 100 students asked, not a single one pointed out that the speech hadn't even been delivered yet, and only one refused to go on record (citing that they didn't watch, so didn't know enough to comment). The overwhelming majority made very specific criticisms over things the President "said" or "did" during a speech that hasn't even happened yet. One lady even stated that her least favorite part was when he "started the chanting", because he's "big on doing stuff like that".
The entire segment would have been funny, if it wasn't exposing a much larger problem...
Our President frequently rails against "fake news", and the damaging effects it can have on our country. Today's brief report only hammers that message home and proves the point. The condition many Conservatives jokingly refer to as "Trump Derangement Syndrome" is very real. People are so consumed with their hatred of all things Trump, that they are letting it override their common sense, and patriotism.
It's reached such a heightened frenzy, that even when the President compromises and attempts to reach across the aisle, his detractors reject even their own core principles (and the issues they were elected on), just to deny him a "win". This is not only stupid, but extremely dangerous.
Partisan hacks like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are gleefully selling out not only their own party, but all of the American people for no other reason than to grand stand, and obstruct. People like them are the reason Robert Mueller is digging for any little thing he can find on Trump, while the FBI and DOJ ignore any evidence of a crime by Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Granted, there is also a fair amount of partisanship on the Right as well. There are some who would support Trump even if he was guilty of everything the Left accused him of and more.
It needs to stop on both sides, for the good of our country and people. Even I myself need to tone down the rhetoric, and just stick to the facts, no matter which side they're on.
It's reached such a heightened frenzy, that even when the President compromises and attempts to reach across the aisle, his detractors reject even their own core principles (and the issues they were elected on), just to deny him a "win". This is not only stupid, but extremely dangerous.
Partisan hacks like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are gleefully selling out not only their own party, but all of the American people for no other reason than to grand stand, and obstruct. People like them are the reason Robert Mueller is digging for any little thing he can find on Trump, while the FBI and DOJ ignore any evidence of a crime by Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Granted, there is also a fair amount of partisanship on the Right as well. There are some who would support Trump even if he was guilty of everything the Left accused him of and more.
It needs to stop on both sides, for the good of our country and people. Even I myself need to tone down the rhetoric, and just stick to the facts, no matter which side they're on.
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