I heard a guest on NPR the other day that stated as if it was a universal truth that having conservatives in one's community increased violence and a whole litany of other woes. She also baldly stated the goal of the left was to garner power in order to stop the right. I was struck by the fact she was comfortable with just overtly stating it. She didn't even pretend to be open-minded or to find bipartisan solutions. It seems the only goal this particular speaker was espousing was to eliminate those that believe differently than they "should."