It's a rough position for a country to be in, that's for sure. I have to believe we can talk our way out of it, cause I don't want a civil war
Yup, we sure can, but we have to be willing to talk and need to dispense with the notion that "people shouldn't discuss politics". I firmly believe the opposite, we should very much discuss it. The more we discuss it, the more civil the discussions become, not less.
Two children argue over how to share a cookie. One child argues that the cookie should be split in half. The other child says that he should get the entire cookie.
The adult, believing that each child is not as unfair as the other claims, gives 75% to the second child, and 25% to the first child.
It was a cogent response to my original post, and I will yield the point, though I don't fully agree with it.