Us vs Them

11/16/21
Disclaimer from Editor-in-chief:
All my writers at this paper are booklearned, respectable folks with morals. Whether folks think morality is subjective, or if it aint fit yalls opinions, views, or agendas, thats yalls hang up. This IS America- and if even yall got sights on changing it, it aint gone happen. We're AMERICAN, and freedom to think for ones self and are given rights by our Creator...If yall believe yall done 'evolved,' I dont know what to tell you... YALL got a constitution- Its mainstream news, social media, big tech, Hollyweird, the elites, and the government. I encourage yall to think for YOURSELVES. OUR Constitution is for the religious and the moral persons, and we believe and honor it- like I said; this is America, and we entitled to freedom of speech, and religion- NO HUMAN, entity, or government got the power to change it. Respect my writers. Yall are welcome to disagree. WE respect YALL and yalls opinions and we ask yall do the same. We gone always be polite, but kindness aint weakness. A disagreement aint got to be as unwelcome as an outhouse breeze. As Editor, all negative comments should come to me Bride A. Livewire , firebrandtimes, and not my writers.

Welcome to America.


“Humans are ingenious at sniffing out minor differences to figure out whom they should despise.” -Steven Pinker, Author and Scientist


Words to know:

Us - We are us, whoever that may be. A group of people, who, when put together, share something (or several somethings) in common.

Them - Everyone else. If they stand against us, they are them. We don’t agree with them in every aspect, they are part of Them. They aren’t the same as Us, for one reason or another.

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Separation. Pointed fingers and screamed accusations. Who are you to tell me I’m wrong, when you yourself are the one in the wrong? Why are you profiling me, when you’re the one who deserves punishment? It’s a madhouse out there.

Look, I get it. I’m a highschooler, a freshman who grew up in a household where respect was taught much, much earlier than politics. I was raised to respect everyone, not just those I agreed with. That’s not to say that I shouldn’t stand up for myself, obviously, but I was taught to respect until someone became so far from respectable that I just couldn’t manage it anymore. I was then supposed to remove myself from the situation, not blatantly be disrespectful to said person. The golden rule was cited many times in my earlier childhood. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. And I do my best. After all, no one is perfect, that’s not what I’m getting at. But we need to be better.


We live in an Us Vs. Them vacuum these days. I see it every day. Liberals hate Conservatives, Conservatives hate Liberals, and people who don't care about politics hate both and would like both groups to shut up. But there’s a silent minority that no one likes to talk about, the silent conservatives and the silent liberals. The politically ambiguous if you will. I belong to this group. Yes, I’m a conservative, and while I feel no personal shame or dislike towards this fact, I see no point in sharing it with others. I have friends of all different backgrounds and belief systems, as well as being of different races, sexualities, and religions (which is an already mentioned belief system, but I wanted to include it here lest you think I meant politics as the only belief system) and obviously genders. So tell me why we can get along when it seems no one else can?

Because we simply don’t care. Politics aren’t as important as people think, or pretend. We enjoy each other’s company, not each other’s policies. We respect each other.

Respect goes a long way.