"Politics is the moat, the walls, beyond which lie the barbarians. Fail to keep them at bay, and everything burns."
Used to be - my parents' generation and their parents' generation, could talk politics. Did often talk politics. My father and a buddy of his would vehemently disagree politically, but at the end of their long and heated debates, there would be a couple slaps on the backs and a few beers enjoyed together.
I wish it was so for me today, but I've found that politics has become a circus stage from which people like to perform. There is such prevalent division now, at every turn, so that reasonable conversations do truly seem like something of the past.
I cut ties with a friend several months ago. On the surface, one would think it was for political reasons but the political premise was merely a curtain. Once it was drawn open and I got a peek behind it, I was shocked. The angry and hurtful heart within this person was a vile new discovery. Exit right, Becca.
I am cutting a connection with another person for the same reasons. We disagree politically which should be fine, but again, politics simply revealed to me the lack this person has of a moral code. Decent moral code! Again, time to leave.
Policy differences are expected, but I can't live with myself if I turn a blind eye to what for me is beyond rude rhetoric, degrading disrespect, and displays of pure evil.
Funny not funny, but oh the irony! I am grateful to politics and the current, constant political theater, or these prior friend's sick truths would not be now known to me.
Charles Krauthammer
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