– Letter to the Editor –
We are at war with one another. Democrat, Republican, Conservative, Liberal, man, woman, transgender, Black, White, gay, straight, young, old, and including many other ways we identify and divide ourselves. We were meant to be one people, undivided.
We the People. We put the politician in place to represent us all, democracy. To represent the voice of all in a region and at times, deviate to demeanor less than becoming, so that We the People did not have to. That was the cost of being in office and we all knew it.
Our elected officials were sent to debate, agree, disagree, form bonds and at times, lose lifelong friendships, because a compromise could not be made. They did this so that We the People did not have to suffer the irreparable damage that politics can play on our personal lives. That was the cost of being in office and we all knew it.
Over time, they have all figured out a way to have We the People shoulder their most problematic duties for them. To fight their fight. To ruin our own friendships on their behalf. To keep a watchful eye on one another, instead of on the representative we put our faith into.
They have played politics with, and manipulated, our highest ideals, to accomplish this. They have used religion, life, liberty, health, education, safety and countless other universal values, to turn We the People against one another and have us turn a blind eye to the legislator’s own ineffectiveness.
People who are eagerly fighting one another, rarely notice much going on elsewhere.
Current democracy-based politics has become so unabashed and cruel, that it has led to a modern “militia” embracing the tactics of online and media warfare, revenge politics and acts of senseless violence. We the People have been duped into signing up to serve; to conflict with our own neighbor and do things to one another that no politician would dream of doing to their colleague across the aisle.
Getting into and remaining in public office has become an attractive venture, rather than a sacrifice one makes for their country. There used to be a very personal cost associated with being in office. Those in Washington, used to pay it. Nowadays, We the People pay that cost instead.
We the People are at war with one another, while those in Washington, are at lunch with one another.
Love thy neighbor. You have substantially more in common with your neighbor, than any politician that either of you has ever voted for. This is true, no matter what your television, your phone, your emotions or your representative of choice tells you.
War is not won. It just ends. The American people need to end this internal war that we have allowed between neighbors and put the politician back into their place. At our service and under our watchful eye.
Kody Morfoot, Holcombe
