Possibly even more than religion, politics are the most divisive institution out there. At least with religion, people are (or they should be) tempered with kindness when they disagree. But with politics, kindness doesn't really enter into a disagreement.
It was an interesting day yesterday. Besides the obvious historic event, it was fascinating to read people’s statuses on facebook. Some were jubilant, some were THERE, some said they were praying for America, some were angry, some were cynical, and the ones who live in DC were complaining about the traffic.
As an Obama supporter with no declared party in a Republican sub-culture, I’ve been a little sensitive to unhelpful political remarks that I hear all too often, most of which are made out of ignorance. But I was pleasantly surprised yesterday, as a group of us gathered around a TV to watch the inauguration ceremony, that no one said anything mean or rude. It seemed like at that moment, people put aside their ideological differences. No one can deny that it’s just absolutely amazing that less than 50 years after Jim Crow laws were still in effect, we have elected an African-American president. And that’s what brought us together.
It was a cool moment.
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