Community
Community. It's a word I've heard thrown around a lot since I moved to the south. Mostly relegated to rural communities, there's been a digging in of the heels as if they were under attack. If you were to speak to many of these folks you'd find that they truly believe they ARE under attack. Their communities. Their churches. Their very way of life. I can see how they see it this way but, from a more macro perspective, what's really under attack is their resistance to change. Merriam-Webster defines community as: "a unified body of individuals: such as a : the people with common interests living in a particular area" Given that, in modern times, people in a "particular area" come from different socio-economic, ethnic and political backgrounds I don't be...