One Nation, Under Construction

So, my excellent left-leaning friend D-man has just told me about a project. It's called the One Nation Project, a budding anti-polarization initiative that's meant to (at first) bring college campuses together. Seeing as I'll be heading off to the University of Denver with him this year, it's something I'll have to consider.

And frankly, I consider it a worthwhile approach.

From what I've heard (though I haven't heard the core of it, yet), it started at the University of Michigan and has grown by leaps and bounds. A gathering of liberals and conservatives put on a forum, which above all conveys respect and understanding for different political ideologies. He's already invited me to participate, though I was a bit wary at first.

It's possible for us libs and cons to cooperate, after all, we do agree on about 90% of things. I think I mentioned the comparison before in "Introduction".

I encourage my audience to look into the cause, just as I'm doing, right now. Do it. For great justice. I don't fear the polarization, the in-your-faceness of campus politics. In fact, in any other life, I'd be the one perpetuating it. But if this is really an opportunity to unite for what we agree upon (which, again, is more than we may realize), then I'm all for it.

And no, this doesn't mean that I'm voting for the Obamamessiah. His hollow rhetoric of "unity" and "new politics" has long disproven itself and grown stale.