This gets to the heart of the matter: Our national divisions seem to involve those of us who support our constitutional system, and those who don’t. And it’s of real concern that traditional American voices of reason —- as personified by thoughtful Amerian teachers like Birdie Collins —- are being drowned out by inflammatory- and ill-informed social media.
Yes. We don’t merely have political divisions, or disagreements over policy. We have a split over fundamental values: of what governance should be, how one relates to other human beings, and what is just or unjust in this world.
Excellent essay, Margaret, and articulation of this newly developing political divide. It seems to me that we also should be factoring in the extra-political dimensions to this, especially the white Christian nationalist elements circulating in much of the Project 2025 dogma. This often seems to me to be the puppeteer pulling some of these political strings.
This gets to the heart of the matter: Our national divisions seem to involve those of us who support our constitutional system, and those who don’t. And it’s of real concern that traditional American voices of reason —- as personified by thoughtful Amerian teachers like Birdie Collins —- are being drowned out by inflammatory- and ill-informed social media.
Yes. We don’t merely have political divisions, or disagreements over policy. We have a split over fundamental values: of what governance should be, how one relates to other human beings, and what is just or unjust in this world.
Excellent essay, Margaret, and articulation of this newly developing political divide. It seems to me that we also should be factoring in the extra-political dimensions to this, especially the white Christian nationalist elements circulating in much of the Project 2025 dogma. This often seems to me to be the puppeteer pulling some of these political strings.