The deep divide that is now insurmountable began with Ronald Reagan. It only worsens by the day. And I look at the divide as being exactly like the divide in northern Ireland. We now have a sectarian divide every bit as deep as Ireland between the Protestants and the Catholics.
When I was in California I was accosted by some old guy with a $500,000 boat for being a Communist because I had a "Turn Off Fox" sticker on my car. He got so mad he ordered me to get away from his boat. I never challenged him in any way. There are people I used to play golf with for 30 years that I barely speak to anymore. And I get a LOT of abuse for even admitting that I am a Democrat. Yet all these people are on a public pensions, Social Security or Medicare. They can be as racist and bigoted and hateful as they want. Yet if you even say a peep you are shouted down.
I know and old couple in our Democratic caucus who have one of their children and their spouse living in their basement because they are too poor live on their own. Yet these kids are viciously Republican and give them grief every day for being Democrats.
It sounds like they are even abusive to their parents. They would be in a homeless shelter and I wouldn't care if it was my kid.
The RW and GOP is stoking the hatred 24/7. What is happening goes beyond tragic it is unacceptable.
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