The gulf between "us" and "them" is inconceivably huge

[NRaleighLiberal]

Our culture - decency, openness, trust, sharing, truth, creativity, science, arts, diversity, drive to positive change, inclusiveness, cooperation, acceptance - and curiosity.

Their culture - indecency, close mindedness, paranoia, fear, selfishness and greed, lust for power, lies as being accepted, dogma, mistrust of science and progress, authoritarianism, hatred of change (and desire to return to a time that only exists in their minds), division, naked nationalism - but most of all, ignorance.

The biggest are the lies - the recreating of history every time they open their mouths.

I just can't see how this can go well moving forward. The schisms are too great.

[Tatiana]

1. It's because they're brainwashed, for the most part.

And the only solution is to "de-program" them. They need to be educated. We need more progressive mainstream media outlets. We need to make the real truth about Democrats and Democratic policies available in rural America, as well as urban areas.

[WhiteTara]

3. Welcome to DU Reginald

[mopinko]

11. because we have 2 separate news streams.

they have their own reality now.
scary.

[smirkymonkey]

4. It's like oil and water.

I really don't see how we will ever come together, unfortunately.

[Ron Green]

5. This is a pretty broad brush,

and if you think about all the folks in your town/neighborhood with whom you work on various projects for betterment in your community, the "us-them" dichotomy isn't helpful.

And it's the local efforts that will make all our communities less fragile.

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. may not be helpful, but it is become quite real.

impacting family and friends, for sure.

[FarCenter]

6. I'm pretty sure they wear motorcycle jackets and engineer's boots

[RedWedge]

8. So what are you going to do with that outlook?

[NRaleighLiberal]

9. See how it plays out. The election wounds - the tweets - it is all still too fresh.

But right now - doing positive things around my gardening and writing. But I find it hard to respect anyone who supports Trump. At all.

[herding cats]

10. I wish this wasn't how it is, but it is our current reality.

Will it change? I don't know, but I can't see how it's going to change for the better just yet. The Trump voters I know don't want to bend to any of our issues, which would mean we'd be doing all the compromising. As you pointed out, our beliefs are so different from theirs, I can't see us being willing to give up the core of who we are to appease them.

I don't know how this is all going to end, but a massive reconciliation doesn't seem likely.