2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: There's nothing redeeming or politically valid in Sanders speaking at Falwell's Liberty University [View all]tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)we speak to Iran in an attempt to find common ground and make peace.
if we want to take the government back from the moneyed interests we look at all americans as potential partners. we don't have to agree on issues across the board.
the us/them paradigm you are talking about is the political narrative that has been set by the media and has kept americans fighting between themselves for decades while neoliberal economic policies continue to crush everyone but the very well off.
we need to work together with everyone to find common ground for a way forward. There is way too much at stake in the next few decades to continue with an us/them approach.
and it's my view that when adversaries find common ground, they begin to recognize each other as human being with certain basic rights. it is the only way