As individuals, we will always have differences.
If fear and isolation are the result of following the instinctive path of least resistance, then what in the world is it that enables us to cooperate and function as a Nation?
Perhaps it is what we have in common that keeps us from being driven apart.
It's easy to see how we are different - but what DO we have in common?
We can not discover what this is if we refuse to talk to each other.