The Malignant Irresponsibility Of Polarization Continues

This week… it was announced that the deficit exploded 23.1% over last year — certainly one of, if not the most, incendiary time-bombs facing America. And our elected officials, right and left, largely ignored it. Why? Because it didn’t fit their obsessive, self-serving, feel-good narrative of titillating their respective bases. Another example, as though we needed it, of how polarization makes irresponsible leaders, irresponsible citizens…an irresponsible nation. How long can we go on like this?

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 examples of the polarizing headlines, from the right and left, that dominate today’s political “thinking.”