This week . . . with the gun “debate” somewhat waning, the polarizers stalked the political landscape in search of other symbolic battlegrounds with which to seduce their respective bases. So as families and friends gathered to celebrate the deepest values and traditions of freedom, rebirth and renewal, the arrogant, self-serving, counterproductive rancor of polarization churned on.
When reading these examples, check the above list and ask yourself: regardless of whether you agree or disagree, is this really advancing an intelligent resolution through the persuasive, rational arguments of advocacy…or simply fueling the fire of conflict through the divisive, emotional manipulations of polarization?
Here are just a few of the week’s polarizing headlines, from the left and right:
Red Headlines
Blue Headlines
Gun Nuts Just Can’t Help Themselves
Fox & Friends Likes Charlottesville Neo-Nazi March Better Than March For Our Lives
Brain Damage May Explain Religious Conservatives
The right wing’s conspiracy theory network is now going after high school kids
Chest-Thumping Obnoxiousness Is The Right’s Ideology Now
Why the Right Can’t Resist Sliming Parkland’s Teenage Victims
