The author should look at himself and realize that he's part of the problem. The source of America's rage is that people give up compromise and demonize the ot

The author should look at himself and realize that he's part of the problem. The source of America's rage is that people give up compromise and demonize the other side. Both parties attack the other sides' dumbest, most stubbornly-held arguments, which is like yelling at a wall. Worse, they attack the other sides' person, which is like yelling at a wall while pouring concrete over it. Instead, we need to experience and understand the life and culture of the other side as best we can. We need to find and acknowledge our own dumb arguments. And I personally think that we need to compromise, even though it seems ineffective. Because that's the best we can do: unless you intend to steam-roll them (but good luck over-powering 40% of the population), the only way we can change the other side is through compromise. (Incoming rant) Look, some Republicans have some terrible arguments: election fraud claims, vaccine resistance (I'll say it: you shouldn't be scared of the vaccine unless you're also scared of the virus and isolating yourself anyways), sometimes even racism and anti-LGBTQ. But that doesn't mean these Republicans are a lost cause. You have to understand why they hold such insane beliefs. These people live in a different culture, where all their friends and family share the false belief, and the media is biased. So they initially support the false belief. Then, they hear Democrats attacking them for said belief, and attacking their person. They attach their self-worth to the belief. And once they attach their self-worth, now if they accept that the belief is wrong they accept that they're "wrong", they're dumb, and they're inferior. And people don't accept that they're inferior. So I believe, we need to get Republicans to de-attach themselves to their false beliefs. We need to emphasize the fact that everyone is wrong sometimes, and if you can accept when you're wrong it makes you a better person. And we need to support arguments that they can agree on. Like maybe emphasizing how promoting "black" culture does not mean we have to get rid of Southern "white" culture. --- I used Republicans in the above example because that was who the author was targeting. But I could say similar things about Democrats. It's an issue both parties face.