I believe this is the appropriate forum and has relevance to our primary

[DemocratSinceBirth]

“We are dividing into hostile tribes cheering against each other, fueled by emotion and a mutual disdain that jeopardizes our future, instead of rediscovering our common ground and finding solutions."

-James Marttis

We need someone to bind the nation's wounds that are exacerbated by Trump or at least try.

[left-of-center2012]

1. "cheering against each other, fueled by emotion and a mutual disdain"

Yep. That's a primary.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Mattis is referring to the divisions in the nation, divisions that transcend intramural politics,

[LanternWaste]

3. For you, quite possibly.

But try not to project your own emotional reactions onto everyone else in a primary. Many, many people attempt to maintain a somewhat more objective perspective.

[oldsoftie]

4. Good luck with that. You see the hatred that drips from many posts HERE

I thought it was bad when Bush was president.

[highplainsdem]

5. Agree completely with Mattis on this. And that's one of the reasons I support Biden.

[Hortensis]

6. The right has, and too many on the left are catching their disease.

But this is NOT happening within the Democratic Party, in spite of all the media spin.

Sure, hostile LWers and some blue dogs who always vote Republican for president are always with us. What's new except learning Russia's helping them so they don't have to flail hopelessly alone?

But the large majority of Democrats who make up our very diverse, liberal party are united both ideologically and against the huge external threat. We see that in our leading Democratic candidates, who currently have to pretend relatively minor differences in their means to the same ends amount to hugely important ones.

[BeyondGeography]

7. This country doesn't need reconciliation without truth

I believe that's how we got here.