A modest proposal
I think we've reached the point where we can't live together. By "we" I mean the conservative minority and the rest of us. There is no common ground for rational discussion, and there is the increasing likelihood of violent confrontation. My solution? Let's carve out a group of states, covering most of the midwest and most of the deep south, and designate it as "conservative America." The rest of the country would be "rational America." Conservative minorities from the rational states could all move to conservative America, where they could elect their own president and outlaw abortion, sex education, contraception, homosexuality, affirmative action, non-christian religion, taxation, welfare, medicare, medicaid and MSNBC. Non-conservatives in those states could move to "rational America" if they didn't approve of the conservative society.
I'm joking of course, because this could never happen. But it sure seems like there are such wide political divisions in our country and such little rational dialog that we might all be better off if it did.
I'm joking of course, because this could never happen. But it sure seems like there are such wide political divisions in our country and such little rational dialog that we might all be better off if it did.