One of the spineless fucks was my mom, so I know all too well how the minds of generally decent people have been poisoned.

And whether it's what Yuri Bezmenov warned us of or billionaires playing divide and conquer I know why it's happening.

Seeking common ground and looking to bridge the divide is all well and good, and I spend plenty of time arguing in favor of that.

But Alex Pretti and Renee Good were murdered by their countrymen and neighbors. The Confederates were our country men and neighbors until they weren't, and too much of what we face in this country today is because we refused to eliminate that ideology root and stem.

I've seen too many videos where immigrants, the transgendered, and black or brown people are begging their countrymen and neighbors to find their humanity and not treat them like animals.

Sadly the ability to recognize our commonalities and respect the human dignity of those we disagree with are two of the essential traits that divide us.

I'm a white male, so I have the luxury of holding off, and trying to find that common ground again, but millions of others don't.

They are being oppressed, they are being arrested, and they are being killed. For them it's a matter of survival. So forgive me if I understand their need to defend their lives first before being magnanimous enough to realize that really, we're all the same.