COLUMN: Polarized debate does nothing productive for our nation

Some people have allowed politicians and talk show hosts to speak for them so long they no longer know who they are or what they stand for. I know people who claim to be Christians who are willing to believe loving one’s neighbor as one’s self is a Socialist principle. Most of us learned as children not to repeat what we heard unless we knew it to be true. Apparently, some people have forgotten that, or perhaps they never knew.