In case you missed it, during the Super Bowl last night there was a commercial for Coca Cola that has a lot of people talking.
The commercial involved the singing of America the Beautiful in several different languages. So obviously we already have battle lines drawn between the "right wing" "Keep America American" crowd, and the left wing "let's call everyone a racist" crowd.
As usual I come in with my 2 cents somewhere in between. First off, both sides are being totally insufferable, and doing nothing but hurting their own causes. The right wing crowd should know better by now. America is a nation of immigrants, and you just add fuel to the race baiting fire by attacking the ad. This was a trap waiting to happen, the left knew immediately that there would be controversy, and the right has once again fallen for it.
Illegal immigration is an entirely different issue and there are no shortages of arguments to be had on either side, but this commercial was really quite benign. It had more to do with celebrating America as the 'melting pot' of cultures that it has always been, rather than a pro illegal immigration message that some have tried to paint it as.
Anyway, that's my quick thoughts on it. It just proves to be another example of how polarized everything in this country has become. It seems like if you don't like Obama you are being pushed far right, and if you like Obama, you are off the far left deep end. The middle ground has been eroded away into a deep partisan chasm.
If we could just get back to those 5 words that have always made America great... Liberty and Justice for All
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