No....I'm not talking so much about the color of your skin. What I'm talking about is politics. Right now, Republicans and Democrats are engaged in this battle where both sides seem to feel like they're right, the other side is wrong and there will be no middle ground met. The rules of engagement are that it's black versus white, no gray in the middle and you must win at all cost. What happens is our civil servants are locked in gridlock and they resort to childish, mean and even abusive tactics to push they're agenda.
What does this has to do with abuse and violence towards another person? Everything. It's like the grown ups are fighting in front of their kids. So what do the kids learn? They learn its okay to behave like a bafoon and win at all costs. They learn that it doesn't matter what their spouse, girlfriend, boyfriend, son, daughter, ex has to say because 'I'm right. You're wrong. I don't care about you and you're a complete idiot.'
You can agree or disagree with President Obama....wait. You can like him or hate him and his political views, but he's trying real hard not to engage in muddslinging, be accountable and listen to both sides. But in this political climate, that's not effective and he will likely be replaced in two years.
I would rather see both sides work together to resolve issues and not play the blame game. I'd like to see the rest of us do more of that. If you want to change your abusive ways, you have to view conflict as something where both sides can learn something from the other and that, here's a novel idea, you don't know everything and you're not always right. You also have to not view every conflict as combat. If we did a little more listening and saw the similarities in others rather than our differences, maybe resolution and progress would be achievable.
For now, let's boil everything down to a WWE Smack Down where victory is only gaged by winning and our own dominance over another. Let's see how much hate we can spread and war we can wage.
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