It’s difficult to be an American and not have some type of strong, visceral reaction to the current climate in which we find ourselves as a society. It is not an uncommon opinion that we are living in hyperpolarized times, and sometimes it seems there’s little we can do to bridge the gaps between ourselves. Not that fatalism is the antidote.
Even things that, on their surface, might not seem to be a political issue immediately become polarized, rooted in mistrust of ‘the other side’ more often than not. Is water wet? I’d better find out what my ideological adversary thinks first before I decide.