Linda Strawberry spent all week with billy, immediately posts on FB about how divisiveness is tearing the country apart.
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. I'm not going to play along with political labels anymore. The us vs. them narrative only divides people and stops them from listening to each other. It's getting worse and worse to the point that friendships are breaking, family members aren't speaking to each other....etc. I'm also not watching anyone who makes their living entertaining people by commentating on politics on either side. They have to blow things up and entertain their base but it only makes people more polarized. I know these people are making a lot of money and getting great ratings right now but I see them as a major problem. We are all just Americans, we have more in common than not. We all love our country. The issues people have are valid ones. We can't even get to discussing anything though because people are so caught up in "liberal snowflakes" this, and "those right wing idiots" that. I have been guilty of it too. The current political climate is so toxic. There are valid opinions on both sides. That is what people can't hear anymore. You start discussing something and these catch phrases just pop right out into the conversation. It's spooky. Can we all just step back and try to understand how we got here? bla bla bla - ok rant over.
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