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I believe the cultural divide between Europe and America has a lot to do with recent debates, and the stances taken on both sides. Citizens of both cultures by their very surroundings have trouble understanding the mores and societal norms of the other.
As a British Citizen and a European, some of the views recently expressed in those debates are so abhorrent by European standards that it's hard not to respond in kind. But I would expect that the views that travel in the opposite direction have just as much of an effect on American citizens.
The question remains, how do you heal such a cultural chasm between two distinct cultures? Can it be healed? Should it?
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