In the midst of the recent media hysteria over immigration policy, it’s important to consider that partisan politics loves to dwell in a constant state of controversy, because this encourages tribalism. Consider TIME’s latest cover. It’s a complete sham, intentionally misleading, and its obvious purpose is simply agenda-driven messaging to continue the hysteria. Much like two teams clashing on a sports field with the loyal fans’ emotions stirred into a frenzy and the goal simply to dominate and win, this kind of politicking isn’t framed toward reaching genuine solutions.
If our aim is only to win, then we are measuring the success of our national policy merely by the margin of victory over the other party’s ideas — regardless of whose ideas are actually better — rather than the substantive merit of our law and its consistency with our constitutional framework.
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