The idea that the campaign is war, not a campaign -- I've heard numerous times. Now it is time to get past combat imagery [oh, no! all video games support that!] and move to something that deals with differences in a different way. I see that our emotions run most of our beliefs and decisions, so this will be quite a challenge. Maybe more women in government leadership roles can help this to turn a corner?
I hope we don't remain "armchair" on whether this is "the new normal." What say we? It is not only G 2 that is out there in the world. We can add our wisdom-clout-sageness-moral persuasion-reflection-civility-intention-care on this. Let each of us think on how we might add our influence toward generating a new civility.
Erik Erickson (Identity and the Life Cycle) delineated the last two stages of life as: Generativity vs. Stagnation, and finally, Integrity vs. Despair. I invite us to choose generativity here, moving toward integrity.
Blessings,
Joyce