Opinion | Bill Rivers: America might be divided now, but we've overcome much worse (and can again) - NBCNewsTHINK
the only thing Americans are united over is how divided we all areWe weathered past trials; we can get through today’s troubled times — if we’re willing to put in the work.it is, in fact, false
. Further, history teaches that today’s divisions — deep, painful and serious — are not worse than those America has endured in the past. And we have plenty of examples other than the worst-case-scenario of the Civil War to prove it. Still, this is only cold comfort unless we leverage this historical perspective to build a sense of hope, as well as context, for our own age. We weathered past trials; we can get through today’s troubled times — if we’re willing to put in the work. Thanksgiving, which generally features time with loved ones as well as contentious dinner conversations, is a great occasion on which to get started.
Painful fissures in America’s social fabric have dogged the country from its fragile founding; each generation has had to stitch up the seams. Less than five years after the Constitution was signed, the
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