What is unity?

[Foxfyre]

So I see President Trump condemned by some on the left for not calling for unity in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death.

But what if unity means everybody must be a member of the KKK or the Nazi Party or the Communist Party or Muslim or Buddhist or Catholic or Methodist or Libertarian or Democrat or Republican? What if unity means you join with me/my group and support what we want and, if you disagree, you are divisive and must be cancelled?

What if unity means that the Republicans work with the minority Democrats but the minority Democrats have no duty to work with the majority Republicans? Or vice versa?

What if unity is everybody marching in lockstep, group think, total agreement on everything and any outlier must be destroyed?

So what does being unified mean to you? What does it mean to you to 'come together'?

Definition of UNITY

the quality or state of not being multiple : oneness; a definite amount taken as one or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; identity element… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

 

[berg80]

Definition of UNITY

the quality or state of not being multiple : oneness; a definite amount taken as one or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; identity element… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

Glad I could help.

 

[Foxfyre]

Definition of UNITY

the quality or state of not being multiple : oneness; a definite amount taken as one or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; identity element… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

Glad I could help.

You posted the same definition I did. But I notice you didn't vote in the poll.

So what does unity/coming together mean to you?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Unity is sometimes impossible.

 

[candycorn]

I think the OP unified us. Everyone thinks the choices suck.

 

[saveliberty]

Unity is this situation could mean joining in support of free speech, while condemning hate speech. Showing a universal priority to resist violence and those who use it.

 

[IM2]

Trump was wrong for what he did. Period.

 

[IM2]

Unity is this situation could mean joining in support of free speech, while condemning hate speech. Showing a universal priority to resist violence and those who use it.

Free speech should be championed, and I mean truly free speech, which means not censoring curricula and topics that one group doesn't like while making certain to push the agenda of only one group as being that of true Americans.

 

[candycorn]

Showing a universal priority to resist violence and those who use it.

And maybe not pardoning those who commit it thereby indicating that you’re perfectly okay with such violence.

 

[JLW]

All your choices were wrong.

Unity means having separate opinions, respecting those opinions and engaging in civil discourse for the common good. It doesn't mean you agree all the time or part of the time, it means you respect the process as a means forward.

 

[MarcATL]

Whatever it is OP, are you for a more unified America, yes or no?

 

[saveliberty]

And maybe not pardoning those who commit it thereby indicating that you’re perfectly okay with such violence.

Yes, Biden's autopen shouldn't have done that.

 

[saveliberty]

Free speech should be championed, and I mean truly free speech, which means not censoring curricula and topics that one group doesn't like while making certain to push the agenda of only one group as being that of true Americans.

Yes, main stream media shouldn't have done that the last ten years.

 

[IM2]

Yes, Biden's autopen shouldn't have done that.

Trump has used the autopen.

And Trump released violent criminals.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Unity is having one identity, not a bunch of disparate ones blaming other identities for all their woes. In the case of America, it involves being an American rather than some sort of hyphenated American and operating within the realm of ideas and principles and not tribe.

The idea here, is to create a melting pot, not just of people, but of ideas with dialogue between those who differ offered in such a way as to arrive at the best way to govern that supports the best interests of all.

If you are trying to PREVENT the expression of ideas like those supporting the Kirk murder, you are part of the problem and not the solution.

 

[candycorn]

Yes, Biden's autopen shouldn't have done that.

Good thing that never happened.

Trump pardoned 1/6 insurrectionists that included those who assaulted 140 officers. That did, in fact, happen.

 

[saveliberty]

The Left has driven discord and disunity for decades now. It is their standard operating procedure. Time to own it and change.

 

[IM2]

Yes, main stream media shouldn't have done that the last ten years.

Mainstream media has not done that. Right-wing media and right-wing politicians have done that. Whining about free speech because you can't spew hate speech with impunity.

 

[saveliberty]

Good thing that never happened.

Trump pardoned 1/6 insurrectionists that included those who assaulted 140 officers. That did, in fact, happen.

No it didn't. The only person who died was shot while unarmed.

 

[IM2]

The Left has driven discord and disunity for decades now. It is their standard operating procedure. Time to own it and change.

That's a lie.