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What binds Americans together as a nation this Thanksgiving?

Asked by laureth (27199points) November 25th, 2010

Here in the USA, it’s Thanksgiving. Regardless of how the holiday originated, it’s become a time to celebrate the good things we have, and we often sit around a huge feast with our relatives to commemorate it. With the nation becoming increasingly politically polarized, I imagine a lot of these dinners play out like Archie Bunker meeting Meathead.

It’s as though we have two separate nations (call them Red and Blue), but we have to come together sometimes and it might as well be Thanksgiving. Whether you stand on the right or the left of the table, what do you love about America today? What can you find in common with the other side, just for long enough to get through dinner tonight?

What holds us together, instead of tearing us apart?

I posted in “General” instead of “Social” because I’m looking for well-meaning answers, not “humorous,” cynical or backhanded ones.

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