It is to be expected that people are going to have bad views of this idea of a truce. A truce is always such a challenge when people are fighting. Many want revenge.
Individuals will typically become fixated on something the other side did, and want to 'get even' for that.
Lots of animosity abounds.
But this is purely emotional. There is no logic in seeking revenge. Hurting the other side, or insulting them, does nothing positive for the perpetrator of the revenge. Nothing beneficial is accomplished. And worse, since a new attack has been launched at the other side, then they will want to respond.
Revenge-seeking locks us into a never ending loop of further revenge by both sides, which really only serves to escalate tensions.
That's why Revenge Makes No Sense.
Nobody would choose to live in a nation where two sides hate each other's guts and experience constant tension and ugliness. That's not anybody's idea of a great nation, a good way to live.
But here we find ourselves locked into this loop where each side blames the other side for the tension.
What is needed is for both sides to take a step back and realize they are equally at fault in perpetuating the bitterness.
Each side needs to recognize:
1. The other side is not going away.
2. The other side is not giving in or backing down.
3. We will all have a better nation if we stop fighting.
4. It can be OK to agree to disagree. It needs to be done with respect for others. That's the goal.
5. Some individuals on both sides will never agree to ratchet down the animosity.
6. It falls upon each and every one of us to embrace the needed truce.
7. Everyone won't do it.
8. Each of us can make the situation better or worse, depending on how we approach this.
9. It is more important to listen to the other side than it is to speak your own view.
10. Any change in this area is going to be gradual, so we must make personal change permanent in order to hang in there while others act immaturely going forward.
11. It is very important to plan to be triggered, but not respond to it. It's going to happen. Decide ahead of time what the best way to handle it is.
12. Know that there is very little recognition for acting wisely. But that is no reason not to. Personal benefit comes from within. It comes in the form of your own peace of mind.
13. You can't know what the full benefit of ratcheting down the rhetoric is until you do it for at least 3 weeks. It takes that long for your own habits to change and for the peace of mind to displace the feelings of animosity.
14. Enjoy the new more peaceful you! Enjoy the new America where you can champion your own views and listen to others so that together we can work out policy. Relish in what you've helped to create, a better, greater America.