My commitment is to urge us all toward moderation and good will toward fellow citizens. If we can set aside unworthy emotions that deepen our political divide, concentrate on finding solutions to the problems our country and communities face, we can then work toward a brighter future with less rancor but firm in our purpose. Or, we can feed our primitive fight or flight impulse by lashing out in social media and then duck into our silos. If we do that, the unhealthy polarization of the time of Trump will get even worse. . Jeff Rasley
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The United States of America is a great country where people are free to do pretty much anything they want. This freedom comes with both good and bad consequences. One of the consequences is that it also makes it easy to get angry at others when things go wrong. If you are not getting along with someone, you can get angry at them without even knowing what they did wrong.

That is the dark side of freedom. The other side of freedom is that people are free to do good things that make the world a better place. These good things are often done anonymously.

Without any recognition or praise, these people are still able to make a difference in their community. That anonymous difference is what the quote means by “good will toward fellow citizens”

Source: Polarized! The Case For Civility In The Time Of Trump: An Experiment In Civil Discourse On Facebook

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