I've mentioned before an alternative approach to political compromise - instead of meeting halfway on each & every aspect of an issue, each side gets their share of winning 100% of the individual aspects of a particular issue. So there are clearly some divisions in the country. What to do?
I guess I don't care if we become a Spanish speaking nation. Or ebonics (or whatever that's currently called). And maybe it's okay that groups seem to demonize each other; this seems almost to be human nature. So long as the individual knows s/he is secure and free to believe and speak (knowing that nothing's perfect and being 100% secure isn't going to happen) and that there's some agreement among all that that should be so, maybe that's the 'compromise' that needs to happen. Let the rest of it go.
Just so we hold onto what it means to be American and agree to keep that secure for each other. Living our American ideals may have the power to transcend language & race & religion & all the other things that would otherwise divide us.
