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To: davidcarrsmith who wrote (64926)	7/5/2010 8:21:01 AM
From: abstract	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

We could use more tolerance. On an individual level, I see so much more tolerance than when I was a kid. For the past 3 days, my son's wife's family has been visiting from Beijing. You learn a lot about your country seeing it through someone else's eyes. I took them to a red-blooded American picnic Saturday and they had numerous "conversations" with folks, though neither knew a word of the other's language. My son commented that little white kids think nothing of speaking to an Asian or African-American. It is just part of their life experience. In China, or in my childhood this isn't/wasn't true. This is good news. So is our ability to elect a black president. Yet somehow his election has been polarizing and to me it looks to be about race. Clearly the US has been shifting to the right for decades. Obama's and Nixon's politics are not so far apart. Can you imagine a current Republican promoting Environmental Protection? Groups descend to the lowest common denominator, perhaps fueled by the idiocy, or bad manners of their peers. Often to make their point or to feel 'embraced' they resort to inflammatory concepts, lies, misrepresentations and hate. Personally, being tolerant of hate is damned difficult. Being tolerant of those who interpret the Constitution but haven't read, yet spew lies as if they were god-spoken, is unlikely. In my 7th decade, I am much more Progressive than in my youth (I always thought it would be the other way around.). I have lost patience for those who undermine my country. I have much less tolerance than I used to. I don't have much time left. I want to do what I can for my kids and grandkids to have a world that they can survive. I've given up on the notion that the world, with overpopulation, disregard for the environment, the prioritization of corporate wealth over individual quality of life, religious fanatics of all faiths, dependence on non-renewable energy sources and insufficient tolerance, will be a healthy place to live in 50 years. It scares me. I love kids very much ,and a part of me wishes I never brought them into this world. None of us get out alive, but the future does not look very good from here. I'm doing what I can and I'm not optimistic.