American Political Culture is Conflictual

American political culture is more conflictual than consensual. Not every single person thinks the same or has the same belief. I mean think about it, you are an American. Say there is a circumstance where you and a few other friends are having a discussion about people getting fired from their job for speaking up about religion. You are more of a conservative thinker, so you state that they absolutely shouldn't be fired, but your other friends, who are more of liberal thinkers, state that the person  should be fired for speaking up about religion. This is just one example out of many in our daily life, where people’s perspectives or beliefs are not the same. As said by Gertrude Himmelfarb, in the article, “ One Nation, Slightly Divisible” by David Brooks, “ America is not fatally split, it is deeply divided, between a Heartland conservative population that adheres to a strict morality In a liberal population that list by loose one.” Also stated by Michael Barone , in the article “ One Nation, Slightly Divisible” by David Brooks, “ One  is observant, tradition-minded, more realistic. The other is unobservant, liberation- minded, relativistic.” This illustrates the differences between the Red and Blue states' thinking as well as the Crossfires video. That clearly showed major differences and that they express strong feelings towards their belief, bringing debate to the table.  Altogether though, if you really think about it, the beliefs of others as well as ours are different.