We will not benefit by furthering the political and cultural divide in our county. We have common ground and there we must stand. The map to that common ground shows routes around the slippery slopes of stereotype and detours away from the steep canyons of bigotry. We must be willing to wander onto the unfamiliar path of understanding and compassion even when the easier familiar path of self-righteousness is straight ahead. We must make our way out of the brambles of tribalism and find our way to the trail that leads to the land promised two centuries ago, where all people can share equally in the bounty of the green valley of freedom.
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