Mark Knows It All

America has been through a lot.  These past five years have tested our mettle.  In addition to economic and health care issues, the concepts of patriotism, tolerance, and diversity have been perverted.  Much as the right has co-opted patriotism as a conservative concept, so has the left co-opted the concept of diversity and tolerance.  In the process, the entire country has become intolerant, suspicious, and afraid of each other.  Now it is time to stop and for Americans to come together.  Here’s how. 1)            Agree to disagree – There are 335 million Americans.  Guess what!!!  None of us is going to agree with the rest of us on everything.  In reality we are probably going to disagree on most things.  So why don’t we just agree to disagree…and that’s okay!!!! 2)            We are in this together – America is a big ship, and we are all passengers.  It’s a long ride and we can’t get off the boat.  That is our commonality.  Whether we agree with each other