Log In
Sign Up
☕️
Kermit the Frog Memes
🤰
Pregnancy Meme
🎂
Happy Birthday Memes
🤠
What In Tarnation Meme
😴
Sleep Meme
🤔
Roll Safe Meme
compromise Memes
courtesy Memes
Letter Memes
Equal Memes
Doesnt Memes
Letter: Courtesy doesn't equal compromise
Like many Americans, I spend too much time arguing politics on social media. I try not to get nasty about it, which includes reliance upon simplistic memes or dogma over the best information. Yet recently, it has become more difficult to keep open communication between "progressive" and "conservative" contacts, the latter of which have recently been denying my status as "American" because of my criticism of the policies of our president. I grant that the last couple of years have shaken my faith, both for personal and intellectual reasons, in due process, checks and balances, the ability to stem the influence of the power/wealth elite and the value of truth itself. Yet as I look at American history, I realize that grappling with the various aspects of our government and culture define what it is to be American. Ultimately, to seek the best information, and to criticize based upon that information - coupled to one's values - is to be an active citizen, and the health of our republic demands no less. Yet it also demands that we remember that our fellow Americans are our neighbors and should be treated as such. Let us disagree with sensitivity and care for our neighbors as if we were chatting over the fence or at the local pub. Courtesy does not necessitate compromise. There are issues that demand a strength of opinion, that demand a refutation of compromise. Disagreements can help us to refine our perspective, even if does not change minds. None of this is served through vitriol. James Cimino Schenectady...
more →
Scroll for Related News
Letter: Responding to Marc Thiessen's statement of compassion
White Folks Are Being Reminded Black Folks 'Don't Do Shit Like That' And It's Courtesy Of A New ...
Tyra Banks' Top Model meltdown is now a sick house track courtesy of King Princess
Will Smith Doesn't Mind All The Jokes About Him As The 'Aladdin' Genie
HBO still doesn't like Trump using Game of Thrones memes to promote himself
You're Dumb and Wrong: Just because I like your memes doesn't mean I'll go to your band's bar gig
Strange 'Steel Furnace' Letter Takes Philly and Internet by Storm
Kartik Aaryan gives the Internet fodder for hilarious memes; courtesy his first look from Pati Patni ...
This meme is asking people how they draw the letter X
Does Adding Your Age to Your Birth Year Equal 2018 for 'One Day Only'?
compromise
courtesy
Letter
Equal
Doesnt
Letter: Responding to Marc Thiessen's statement of compassion
White Folks Are Being Reminded Black Folks 'Don't Do Shit Like That' And It's Courtesy Of A New ...
Tyra Banks' Top Model meltdown is now a sick house track courtesy of King Princess
Will Smith Doesn't Mind All The Jokes About Him As The 'Aladdin' Genie
HBO still doesn't like Trump using Game of Thrones memes to promote himself
You're Dumb and Wrong: Just because I like your memes doesn't mean I'll go to your band's bar gig
Strange 'Steel Furnace' Letter Takes Philly and Internet by Storm
Kartik Aaryan gives the Internet fodder for hilarious memes; courtesy his first look from Pati Patni ...
This meme is asking people how they draw the letter X
Does Adding Your Age to Your Birth Year Equal 2018 for 'One Day Only'?
Close
Sign up quick AF
by signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.
Close
Log in
by logging in, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.
Close
Save to...
New Group
Close
New Group
pick a name for your first meme group
Loading