Thank you for the Jan. 30 op-ed “Please stop calling it polarization.” I am tired of being called a radical Marxist communist just because I want our government to live by the words and ideals enshrined in Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

I am tired of being told I need to learn to listen to the likes of Stephen Miller, JD Vance, Tom Homan, etc., and find common ground; that we all really want the same things for our country. No, we don’t. The random roundups of Black and brown citizens in cities across the U.S. tell us all we need to know.

Searching for bipartisanship is a fool’s game. Do police meet with bank robbers, negotiate to get half the money back, and call it a win? People of conscience, those of us in the center, must rise up and make our voices heard and vote, vote, vote. President Trump recently urged Republicans to “nationalize” the upcoming election. We have to overwhelm them with numbers everywhere.

Warner Vaughan
St. George