Why do you take it as a personal attack when I say America is shitty? This is as much my country as yours. I'm not saying you are shitty, I'm not saying your ideas are shitty, I'm not even saying your outlook is shitty. But I am saying that the nation we live in is shitty right now.

I want to fix the problems because I love America's potential, but I sure as hell don't love America as it stands, or even America as it once stood.

These are big, huge topics that we're brushing against, and I think you have absolutely valid points. If we could sit down and talk about it I think we'd come to a better understanding of each other, and probably realize we're on the same side.

But via Reddit? We're never going to fully express ourselves. Not unless we write 15 pages or so of careful explanation. I just wish I knew more people on the other side and I could sit down and talk to them peacefully, because most of the fighting and the anger stems from ideas that aren't fully formed or expressed, leading the other side to jump to conclusions, and resulting in both sides just getting angry and frustrated.

We're on the same side. We disagree semantics and some of the details, but we both what our country to do better. That's what really matters.