Political Climate of Hate

Upon contemplating the current political rhetoric in America illustrated in the cartoon above, I think that I am going to push for a separation of the nation. A split-down-the-middle. It appears the people of this country are torn when it comes to many issues. The "hot button" issues are what they call them. I call them issues of division. It's strange to me really that so many can be in disagreement about so many things. The biased side of me wants to tell the "opposition" that they are ignorant. But then who’s to say I'm not ignorant. We all are. Because until we can all come to some agreement on how to deal with all of these society dividers its just going to continue to be a massive cultural war, and we are going to continue to see only black or white. And still as I say this, I just don't see eye to eye with my opponents. I can't understand how it is that one can support "the family" while simultaneously supporting war, the right to bear arms, capitalism, environmental degradation and racism. How can they not support reproductive freedom, affirmative action and more stringent death penalty regulations? It just doesn't make sense in my head. As for homosexuality, I don't understand how this can even be an issue. The freedom to choose who your partner is- it's a basic right, and I see it as a human right. Well, they say "God Hates Fags" and you know what I say, okay, if that is true then get off your damn soap box and let God handle it. They say it's a disease...well what does science tell you about that theory? They say it's a choice, and you know what I say, why would anyone want to choose to be the subject of discrimination, social out casting and the object of so much hate? And the idea that Aids is a cure for homosexuality is criminal. Aids is a real disease that would kill anyone....Aids doesn't discern evil...it's not picky, it doesn't care who it kills...it just kills. It doesn't matter if your black, Christian, white, Asian, gay or republican...if your infected you die.


In order to come to terms with this mess we've gotten ourselves into, I propose the nation become two halves. The good and the bad...just kidding...but really why not split it down the middle- the progressive line will be drawn beginning between the borders of North Dakota and Minnesota on down thru Oklahoma and everything west. Texas and everything East will be the conservative’s side, except New York and D.C. go with the progressives. This way we can have our little nation and they can have theirs. They can regulate their television and their industries and we will regulate ours. Solution? Nah, just a new form of othering. I don’t know what the answer is.