Great editorial in NY Times about community

[wmw999 2,447]

Erick Erickson: How to Find Common Ground

Basically, it's not in FB, or dz.com. It's with real people, preferably including ones you don't agree with on one spectrum, but using another spectrum to connect.

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[Phil1111 1,149]

Its unfortunate that it takes a serious medical event to cause an epiphany of thought. But thats not uncommon.

Many of my friends are what most people would call rifle toting rednecks. One of my best friends lives and breaths every opinion of FOX news. If its on FOX it must be true.

Sometimes religion takes a beating in these forums and the current events in the persecution of Rohingya. By the Buddhist leadership and military of Myanmar. Suggests that religion, sometimes deserves a broad brush of condemnation. Especially so when such acts are met with silence.

But for every act like that there is a religious group funding, pursuing community and economic development. In a disadvantaged community.

For every conservative like trump, Judge Moore, etc. There are two ones like McCain. It takes discourse to find them. It takes mutual respect to realize that the discourse of current government doesn't last forever. Sooner or later, it swings to a common ground.