Hot take: both sides of the political isle have more in common than (social) media makes it seem
The bottom line, I think, is that we're all afraid to lose freedoms. And both sides already have lost freedoms, so the fear that this will continue is valid for both sides.
We can argue that some losses were/are more impactful than others, that some perceived dangers are more realistic than others, and that the motivation to object change is different. But in the end we're all afraid for things to get worse and are desperate to warn others and prevent that.
I don't know where to go from there, but can we at least agree we have this much in common and both just want things to get better, regardless of how each of us defines that?
We can argue that some losses were/are more impactful than others, that some perceived dangers are more realistic than others, and that the motivation to object change is different. But in the end we're all afraid for things to get worse and are desperate to warn others and prevent that.
I don't know where to go from there, but can we at least agree we have this much in common and both just want things to get better, regardless of how each of us defines that?
