A Pleasant Exchange of Views

“You people are all the same,
all you do is whine and complain;
you won’t be satisfied until this
God fearing nation is reduced
to an insignificant nothingness.”
To which I replied,
“Interesting.”
“I know your kind,” he went on,
“You protested the war in Vietnam,
elected a half-breed Muslim president,
you want spics to be legal residents,
force good Christian bakers to make
gay or lesbian themed wedding cakes,
you tear down the Stars and Bars
and force us to drive electric cars.”
To which I replied,
“Fascinating. But…
is it possible that we are being divided
into camps so intensely one-sided
that what made America so great
is lost forever as we fiercely debate
what should top off a wedding cake?
We are told these issues are red
or blue, black or white, and we gorge on
an endless buffet of lies and deceits,
designed to deny us a chance to meet
somewhere in the middle and discover
we are still more alike than different
from each other.”
He was quiet for a long moment.
“I knew it,” he finally sneered, “you’re
just another god damned intellectual.”