Appreciate Multiple Perspectives
One of the core insights among those who study conflict is that one of the most important dimensions of most conflicts is that disputants often fail to see the fact that there is nearly always several perspectives on any truly controversial question.  Failing to see this, we default into the familiar position that anyone with a perspective unlike mine must be wrong, unpatriotic, or hitler.  It is any surprise, in this context, that we struggle to respect and honor competing perspectives?

In this silly illustration we can see that seeing the second perspective does not diminish your own.  And neither perspective is 'right.'  However, if we imagine our current elites playing the roles of the two characters in this conflict we might here...the land-seekers are lazy takers who cannot be trusted and the boat-seekers are claiming public resources needed for the survival of many as their own private island.  Instead, step back and recognize that our perspective, the one that we argue passionately, is inescapably linked to our powerful or power-poor status and position. 

Thank you Nancy Hartsock for standpoint theory and Dave Louscher...who always said, 'where you stand has a lot to do with where you sit.'  If we can do a better job keeping ourselves in perspective, maybe we can learn to appreciate competing perspectives and honor our opponents.