A ‘bleeding-heart progressive’ reacts to a viral conservative blog

This article by Kyle S. Reyes has been shared by several of my conservative-leaning friends over the past couple of days. I read it because, in spite of my wild-eyed bleeding-heart progressive ways, I do respect my conservative friends and appreciate their points of view. The Reyes article made me think — and made me hopeful for a way forward in this divisive political atmosphere. The piece is a cry for sanity and perspective, and an indictment of the media-politics industrial complex that thri

This article by Kyle S. Reyes has been shared by several of my conservative-leaning friends over the past couple of days. I read it because, in spite of my wild-eyed bleeding-heart progressive ways, I do respect my conservative friends and appreciate their points of view. The Reyes article made me think — and made me hopeful for a way forward in this divisive political atmosphere. The piece is a cry for sanity and perspective, and an indictment of the media-politics industrial complex that thri…