Do We Hate Each Other?
A question on the minds of many today simply is “Do we hate each other?” Watch the news today, and you would likely be hard pressed to answer “No.” But why? We are after all, a society based on the idea of fairness and respect, all falling under the mantra of E Pluribus Unum, “out of many, one.” The idea that wherever, whatever, and whoever you are, you are an American all the same. Why then are we so keen to watch each side of the aisle go for the jugular on each of their attacks, and witness some have such disregard for others as to heckle them out of a restaurant or call for their removal from public spaces? Why then do we see high ranking officials supposedly green-lighting attacks on others?
Among the most infamous incidents in recent memory of a public official holding no bars attacking Republicans saying “If you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, a department store, a gasoline station, you get out and create a crowd…you tell them that they are not welcome anymore, anywhere.” Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif), according to Fortune, made these remarks back in June, in the wake of President Donald Trump’s Border Separation policy, for which, just days before Waters’ remarks, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen were both heckled by protesters, with Huckabee Sanders actually having to leave the establishment…
