I saw an ad with a Democrat and a Republican talking about common ground. The Republican indicated that they disagree about a lot of things but can still work together. I admit that I have some Republican friends who aren't too regressed to deal with. But the differences between many Democrats and Republicans and, more to the point, progressives and regressives are very big. It can be quite dangerous to prioritize commonality over differences when many on the Republican side demonize differences and want people who are different from them to disappear. Further, many Republicans want to regress society to when religion ruled, LGBTQYA+ hid or were incarcerated, education was restricted and nonbelievers were forbidden. As a queer nonbeliever, I would be killed by some of them if they could get away with it.
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