People want to argue colours – red or blue, white or black. Then they add in labels – liberal or conservative, police or citizen, legal or illegal. Then the argument turns back to weapons- to have or not? And each facet of the argument has good points and poor ones; each side of the debate has taken the high road, and stooped to fear mongering.
And they all miss the point.
With all the killing, violence, prejudice, bigotry and outright hatred people have for each other in this country, all the labels mentioned above only serve to put us in one of two camps: friend or foe. And no matter what side you think you are on, the other side disagrees.
But one thing that is for certain- it’s not truly possible to find common ground with a foe. You can negotiate, have treaties, etc… But not peace, because you both know the other side is just *waiting* for you to fail.
You can only make peace with a friend.
Drop all the damn labels. Move forward to help *all*people. That’s what truly made this country great before. Time to do it again.
Don’t just pray for peace; *make* peace, with yourself, and with others.
