Our favorite number used this term often. I've been thinking...

Instead of trying to "one up" a left during a debate, let's start asking:

"Help me reconcile this" - and then lay out the facts. It may help to break through the barrier of blissful ignorance, which is what I seem to encounter quite often. Much more so then hatred. The hatred is online, it's superficial. My neighbors, friends, family, people I meet, aren't my enemy. In fact they're all pretty cool, and I live in a blue area in VA. And I've never met anyone who isn't family orientated and willing to work hard to better their family and situation. Of course there's always outliers.

But do you all notice the same thing? Especially after a celebratory holiday like Thanksgiving? It's not we that hate one another, it's them that hate us.

In reminder, ask your neighbor, friend, family member, a stranger.... "Can you reconcile this?"