Its difficult to stay positive
When the world seems to be full of people
Who can’t listen, who won’t listen
To anyone they disagree with
Condemning the other side as evil or traitors
Rather than finding common ground

We are living in the age of reason
And we all seem to have a reason to hate right now

I understand why, its easier
To just believe that the other side are wrong
And not just factually but morally
Remove them from the debate because they don’t deserve
The consideration we show to the people who agree with us
And its not like they wouldn’t do the same thing to me
Nuance is the enemy
And compromise defeat

We are all living in the age of reason
And we all seem to have a reason to hate right now

But this is not sustainable people
We need to find common ground
Look across the barricade and see
Another human being
Confused, distressed, fatally flawed
No different from the rest of us