Reply #2: I like Obama, but unity can be overrated

[bluestateguy]

If you are going to do some of the things that you feel are right for the country, some people are going to have to be made angry. maybe even a lot of people. If you want to end the Iraq War, institute national health care and legalize gay marriage, you are going to make a lot of people very angry. They will fight us every step of they way, and even when they lose the battle they will be bitching about it for years. But this does not change the fact that these policies are still the right thing to do, even if they are polarizing.

Rebelling against Britain in 1775-76 was polarizing. Many Americans opposed this course of action and openly supported the British. Ending slavery was polarizing. So was ending Jim Crow. We could have avoided these issues all together because they were said to be polarizing, but eventually we forged ahead and did what had to be done because it was right for the country.