No longer a chance to escape.

When it comes to politics, we Americans have lost our sense of fairness. That is, if we ever had it. We used to talk to each other. Objectively. A true dialogue. I suspect we had it. Maybe during and after World War II. In the 1950s. We had more respect for each other. We were a more trusting people. That is, trusting of each other. Oh, not perfectly trusting by any means. But more reasonable. There was more give and take. Republicans and Democrats even socialized with each other. Now it's as if we are divided into hostile enemy camps. The Hatfields and McCoys. We feud with each other. We call each other names. We become obstructionists. Used to be there was a cold war. We aimed our ire at other nations. In a united way. Now we have a civil war. We see an enemy from within. I don't like it. I'd rather live in peace. And harmony. But it's not to be. The rancor is far too pervasive. I wonder why the shift in mood. What has happened to us? Why did we go awry? So sharply divided. We find it so hard to live with each other. Look at the divorce rate. It continues to spiral. We lambaste each other. We liken each other to little Hitlers. We even have our own separate news programs. To give us our preferred subjective slant of the news. Of reality. We don't want to listen to anything else. Only what we want to hear. No matter how preposterous. We all look silly. Like idiots. It's insanity. As if we've all been stricken with a disease. A mental disorder. We have turned the USA into a vast insane asylum. Yes, no longer an opportunity to escape. Because we are mired in it. No matter where we go. --Jim Broede