The Other Side

I see them on TV
Or online
And they make me want to shake them.
Shake them and say,

"Snap out of it!
How can you possibly think
Your point of view makes sense? 
How can you possibly think that way? 
How can you see people the way you do?
Don't you understand who our enemies are?
How can you see this country the way you do? 
How can you see the issues the way you do? 
Do you even understand what this country is about? 
Do you even understand its founding principles? 

"Does your vision for the future
Even make sense?
You are against everything good and virtuous. 
Your values are completely upside-down
And in favor of everything that is wrong and amoral.

"And then I see you in groups
On TV
Or interacting with each other online.
And I realize what the problem is.
You all live in a bubble, 
Talking among yourselves,
Making the rest of us out to be the enemy,
Agreeing with yourselves,
Never thinking for yourselves.
You groupthink and agree 
With each other and 
And take great pleasure in bashing the other side.
My side. 

"You are so sure you are right. 
You are so self righteous!
You are unthinking!
You are ungrateful!
You don't deserve this country.
We should just run you out of it
Because only people like us,
Like me, 
Deserve to live here! 
We aren't like you! 
We know what this country is about!
We...

We...

Oh. 
I'm exactly the same way. 

Maybe we're not as divided as I thought.