From across the political spectrum, it seems the one thing everyone can agree on right now is that we’ve lost the ability to speak to each other, much less persuade one another. Our seemingly irreconcilable differences about social and political topics are not new. In 2015, Saturday Night Live had a hit with its sketch “A Thanksgiving Miracle.” It centered on a family arguing politics at the Thanksgiving table, unable to agree on anything… until Adele’s song “Hello” came on, when everyone softened and found themselves too entranced by the music to argue. According to SNL, “Everyone has different opinions and beliefs. But there’s one thing that unites us all.” Unfortunately, Adele is between albums in 2020.
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