The Crazies

I recently visited the Museum of the American Revolution.

Well done. I highly recommend it.

My big takeaway: the US came to be because of the crazies. 

Not the reasonable people. Not those with a cool head. Not those with the ability to look at both sides and find the common ground.

The crazies.

And as someone who considers himself a reasonable person, that gives me pause.

But also, it helps me appreciate the big, beautiful chaos that is this wonderful country. We fight. We yell. We argue. We push it this way and that way. 

Most importantly:

We can fight. We can yell. We can argue. We can push it this way and that way.

This is freedom. This is what it looks like. 

Thank you, crazies.