Saturday Night Live (SNL) had an interesting and humorous idea that actually works. I've always said the way to make peace with people is to look for things you can agree on and move from there. The sketch began by pointing to the obvious: our country is divided on many of the big issues facing us. How can we begin to heal this divide?
By focusing on the little things we can agree on! Maybe we can't agree on how to handle things like immigration, the budget, and social issues. We can agree on some of the little things that we all find annoying. Remember, this is a comedy show.
The song they sang mentioned things like wet jeans, bees that follow us around, soft apples, and others. The chorus is, "Let's stop looking at what makes us different and start seeing how we're the same, like how we all hate the sound the chip readers make," referring to the sound credit card machines make when you need to remove your credit card.
This might not solve the issues we're facing as a nation; it might not suddenly make us agree on how to handle our border issues. But maybe if we could start talking about where we agree, we'll be able to move a little closer together and wouldn't that be nice!
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