General Discussion

I hope to one day have a country where we are not constantly rubbing the other half of the country's face in the dirt and insisting they grovel forever and a day, but one where we work towards restoring our values (liberty and justice for all, e pluribus unum, civil rights, the common good) to what we hold in common again. I'm pretty sure many of us do.

It will be incredibly difficult and require both sides to acknowledge fault – and no one is blameless here.

I'm well aware of the great harm many have done, and that tragedies have occurred because of their actions. I hold them culpable, but when I realize the extensive propaganda directed toward them from radio, television, news media, social media, pundits, members of Congress going back at least into the 1980s, I can't help but hold the propagandists and exploiters far more responsible. The deliberate brainwashing and manipulation by those Murdoch types for power and money has infected so many of our fellow citizens, their families and friends, with group think. It is no wonder they're unthinkingly following along. If South Africa could foster healing in spite of the horrors of apartheid actions of the regime, I think it is possible we can. No guarantee.