Choosing Sides? In the Aftermath of Violence, there are No Winners

In the wake of the Charlottesville, VA protests, one thing has become crystal clear:

• One side is motivated by fear, which leads to anger, anger to hate.

• One side throws around emotionally-charged language, calling the other side traitors to America.

• One side refuses to give any ground, refuses to honestly hear the other side out.

• One side sees the other as everything that’s wrong with this country. If only that side would leave America, she would be truly great again.

• One side has been trying to “white-wash” history for years.

• One side is just itching for another Civil War.

• One side is on a witch hunt, ready to destroy complicated people over voicing their opinions and utilizing their civil right as Americans to freely speak out without fear of repercussions.

• One side can’t or won’t see that where and how the other side lives plays a big role in that side’s opinions on politics, etc.

• One side’s idealism is the most important thing to them, higher than the people who make America great (i.e. Americans), higher than the laws that make America safe, higher than any religious precepts of peace. The idea, and not the reality, is the number one thing.

• One side resembles fascism in it’s complete devotion to the idea, and the utter destruction (so far verbally, reputation-wise, financially) of anyone who even appears to question it. There is no neutrality in this side’s eyes, how much less room is there for all sides?

• One side is more than willing to resort to violence as a catalyst for change, “if necessary.”

• Will one side stop at nothing for their ideal America to be realized? That remains to be seen.

Which side am I talking about? If you only see one side or the other, you are part of the problem. United we stand, divided we fall.