Does it REALLY need to be so UGLY?

Does it REALLY need to be so UGLY?

Why are politics so ugly? It is not supposed to be a fight of beliefs or religion, right? Yet, every 4 years, the ugliness rears it’s head. This year seems especially bad, due to the economic fall in the US markets. I live in a VERY liberal area of the country. My state will support the democratic party. I will NOT tell you what my plans are for voting, I will say I never vote straight party line. My husband says he is an “independent.” But, he generally votes one particular party. My sadness is that in this great country of tolerance, we are very opinionated, and often NOT tolerant at all. This election season has saddened me greatly. I bought my husband a particular sign for our yard…….. (He has been fond of this candidate for sometime, and I think this person is also very experienced) It caused many people to become visibly upset. I did realize some people would disagree, but the outward distress was unexpected. We agreed to let our kids also have an opinion, and their school friends feel very strongly about the other candidate. WELL, this was a mistake, people stopped their cars, gave their “2 cents“, yelled, laughed, and caused us to……………………….. TAKE both signs down. Having said that, a woman canvassing door to door stopped by, she asked me if I knew who I would vote for, I said yes, she said, “who”?
I said, “I am not comfortable telling you.”
She said, “Oh yeah, well, GOOD LUCK.” (In a real negative tone)
Why? Why, so negative?
In the next 3 weeks, I pray we can be loving and peaceful to one another.
God give my grace.
God is good, life is hard, I am blessed,
Carrie