Ellen is right, everything has become far too political, and her statement against hateful partisanship is a victory for America and the civil society:
http://dailytorch.com/2019/10/ellen-is-right-everything-has-become-far-too-political-and-her-statement-against-hateful-partisanship-is-a-victory-for-america-and-the-civil-society/
America is tearing itself apart — over everything. Politics. Cultural issues. Economics. Foreign policy. Social justice. But we also don’t have to. This was on display when a light-hearted moment appeared on the American people’s television screens on Oct. 6 when the Dallas Cowboys hosted the Green Bay Packers. Ellen DeGeneres and former President George W. Bush were pictured sitting together, laughing and enjoying the game. God forbid. DeGeneres faced some backlash on social media, but the full fury would not come — with celebrities denouncing DeGeneres for consorting with a “war criminal” — until she defended in a monologue on her television program not only her friendship with the former president, but our civil society as a whole. She said, “Here’s the thing: I’m friends with George Bush. I’m friends with a lot of people who don’t share the same beliefs that I have. We’re all different and I think that we’ve forgotten that that’s okay that we’re all different… But just because I don’t agree with someone on everything doesn’t mean that I’m not going to be friends with them. When I say be kind to one another, I don’t mean only the people who think the same way that you do. I mean, be kind to everyone. Doesn’t matter.” Good on Ellen.
