It frightens me. How implacably can we oppose our fellow citizen's access to power before we find ourselves at war, and not just metaphorically? How much can we despise our fellow citizen's choices before we grow to hate them personally? Are we in danger of becoming a society divided against itself? I won't claim to know any answers. I'm not even sure I want to ask the questions. What prompted my musings is reading the following exchange between two Republicans on a blog:
