A Plea for Unity in an Age of Outrage
If I wrote an article filled with rage—calling for the dismantling of everything, for enemies to be crushed, for some grand, fiery reckoning—you’d probably share it. You’d post it, forward it, comment on it. You might even feel a surge of righteousness, a thrill of being part of something bigger than yourself.
But when I write about unity, about the hard, unglamorous work of holding together a country fraying at the seams, the response is… quieter.
That’s not a personal grievance—it’s an observation about us, all of us. Outrage sells. Moderation? Not so much. And yet, if this country is going to make it, unity has to win.
I don’t mean some naïve, hand-holding fantasy where we all magically agree. I mean the kind of unity that has built this nation before: where we disagree fiercely but still recognize each other as Americans; where we fight for principles without forgetting our shared humanity; where the future matters more than the next round of political revenge.
The problem is, unity doesn’t provoke the same urgency that outrage does. It doesn’t make you slam your fist on the table, flood the comment section, or demand someone’s head on a spike. But maybe it should. Because what’s at stake isn’t just who wins the next election—it’s whether we can still function as a nation after it’s over.
So here’s my plea: get as passionate about unity as you are about outrage. Share articles that call for reason, not just retaliation. Support leaders who seek solutions, not just spectacle. Engage with those you disagree with, not to “own” them, but to understand them.
Unity is not weakness. It is the only thing that has ever made this country strong. But it won’t survive unless we fight for it. Not with anger, but with conviction.
Are we up for it?
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