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The amount of people who think the division is to be blamed on one "side" that needs to be destroyed is proof that the division is nowhere near healing. If you're advocating more division to solve division, then you're very far from a solution.
Step one is to stop thinking the division is the fault of one side. Recognize your own "tribe" in its role in fostering division. If you can only blame "them" then you're missing the forest for the trees. Looking inward is key. Acknowledge the ways that you and the people who agree with you dehumanize those who see the world differently from you, seeing them as "evil" when they're just trying to live their lives like anyone else.
When we can see other people as people and not as political labels, statistics, or some kind of malicious force, then we can start healing.
Step one is to stop thinking the division is the fault of one side. Recognize your own "tribe" in its role in fostering division. If you can only blame "them" then you're missing the forest for the trees. Looking inward is key. Acknowledge the ways that you and the people who agree with you dehumanize those who see the world differently from you, seeing them as "evil" when they're just trying to live their lives like anyone else.
When we can see other people as people and not as political labels, statistics, or some kind of malicious force, then we can start healing.