Dear conservative friends and family,
I am not your enemy. And you are not my enemy. But you’d never know that from the information you receive. I have tuned into Fox. I have read Breitbart. The overwhelming message they send is that I, your friend and loved one, should be despised, ridiculed, and, yes, some even say eradicated.
Think about that.
No, really, think about it.
Turn off the TV or radio and get quiet with that thought.
Is your happiness really dependent upon my demise?
Somewhere in your heart I hope you know their sole objective is to divide us. To make you and I seem so irreconcilably different that we hate each other. But the truth is, we are more alike than we are different. Everything I value—things like respecting my fellow human, living an honest life with integrity, being a responsible citizen, caring for my family and friends, and most of all, adhering to the golden rule of treating others as you would like to be treated—is completely compatible with everything you value and hold true.
These are (apolitical) conservative values. And I believe we share them. I hope we do.
We are one tribe. But you’d never know that from listening to the false prophets trying to convince you to hate me.
Love,
Your liberal friend
