Regardless of political views, people have the same goals and desires

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-a future for their kids

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Nearly 20% of women have gone through their child bearing years without reproducing and this number continues to grow.

Almost half of children will go through life without a father present in the home.

Doesn't matter if everyone wants the same things. The ends don't justify the means.

If I want bugs out of my house, I gas the place to kill them. I don't blow up my house and make it unlivable. Sure, both approaches "work" to get rid of the bug problem, but the ways to get there aren't the same and could have better or worse impacts beyond just the infestation.

That's why political parties exist (and why there is division). We might agree on the same end goals but disagree on how to get there.

A couple of years ago, the superintendent of schools for the Beaverton school district came and gave a speech at Nike, where I work. I attended the meeting. After the speech, we broke up into discussion groups to provide feedback for the district. There were 8 people at my table.

The question that was asked was, “What should be the top priority for the school district in 2013/14?”

We decided to go around the table clockwise and let everyone answer. The first person to answer the question stood up (I guess because she was so proud of her answer), and said, “Diversity. I just love that my child goes to school with people who speak different languages than she does.” The next woman (who, I later figured out had come to the meeting with the first woman), echoed the thoughts of the first woman, saying something to the effect that we need to teach all of our children to treat others with kindness and we need to show them that by not using up any more of our natural resources than we need. At that point, I was considering leaving and moving back to Florida.

The next guy was a black man who said, “Are you guys crazy? I mean, I’m all for diversity and values, but I want my kids to get an education so they can go to a good college and get a job.” The rest of the people at the table reiterated what he said, and my faith in humanity was restored. It turns out that the first two ladies had their kids in the International School of Beaverton, which is a super liberal IB charter school that only has about 40 kids in each grade.

Not all people think the same way, or have the same priorities. A lot of these folks out their rioting in Portland put gay marriage ahead of the economy as an issue. That’s why they hate Trump. Trump doesn’t reassure them that he won’t appoint a judge that will reverse the Marriage Equality Act. These people could give to shits if the economy collapses.