OPINION
Democracy 101: Let your opponents eat in peace
By Jonathan S. Tobin
September 26, 2018 | 8:10pm
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Should we really care if people are rude to figures like Sen. Ted Cruz, White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders or Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen when they go out to eat? The latest instance was captured on a viral video in which Cruz and his wife are hounded out of a popular Washington restaurant by a bunch of angry left-wingers.
Some are treating this as a sideshow, but it would be a mistake to underestimate the importance of such incidents. While fears about the threat to democracy posed by Trump have become a staple of liberal commentary, his opponents are demonstrating that the question of the future of our political system is more of an issue than conservatives may have thought. While Trump has played a major role in coarsening our political culture, it’s also vital for those who oppose him to be honest about what they’re doing to weaken the fabric of American democracy.
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READ MORE: https://nypost.com/2018/09/26/democracy-101-let-your-opponents-eat-in-peace/
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If Americans can no longer agree to disagree about whether to enforce immigration laws or foreign policy, then the issue isn’t so much Trump or who gets to eat in peace when they are at a restaurant as it is whether American democracy can survive. That’s why it’s as important for an angry left to step back from the brink as it is for Trump.
If both sides of the aisle don’t start listening to what Abraham Lincoln once called “the better angels of our nature” and remembering what we have in common as Americans, the consequences truly are unimaginable.
Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of JNS.org and a contributor to National Review. Twitter: @jonathans_tobin
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