I read an article a couple of days ago that pretty much confirmed my belief that the United States is becoming more and more divided \u2014 along partisan political lines. Public opinion is far more divided now along partisan lines than along the lines of race, religion, age, gender and educational background.
\nFor some reason, we\u2019ve become Republicans or Democrats first \u2014 not Americans.<\/p>\n
A journalist from Baltimore wrote a lot of insightful stuff that seemed a little out of touch at the time, but seems \u201cspot on\u201d today. H. L Mencken, known as the \u201cSage of Baltimore,\u201d died in 1956 but one of the things he wrote seems appropriate today: \u201cUnder democracy, one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule \u2014 and both commonly succeed, and are right.\u201d
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I read an article a couple of days ago that pretty much confirmed my belief that the United States is becoming more and more divided \u2014 along partisan political lines. Public opinion is far more divided now along partisan lines … Continue reading