Well Obviously...

What does "obvious" mean?  Various on-line dictionaries peg it as some form of, "easily seen, recognized, or understood".  Seems pretty obvious.  But in large parts of our modern culture, "obvious" is becoming an unusable word.  Wouldn't you think it would be "obvious" that in modern America, all people deserve equal rights?  Not to LGBT opponents.  Or that bigotry is wrong?  Not to huge portions of white America.  Or that lying is wrong?  Not to our politicians.  Or that murder is wrong?  Not to our government or to the many among us who think it's a political tool.  These and many other "obvious" concepts are being whittled away.  
I'm sure it happened plenty of times before this, but the first instance I recall is Bill Clinton parsing his words in ways that may have been technically correct, but were not representative of reality in relation to Monica Lewinsky.  I'm not going to try to repeat it all, because it might make my brain leak out of my ear, but it was an assault on the truth. Since then, this seems to be the way all politicians and most of the media and virtually everyone who comments on an on-line article anywhere speak at all times.  Everyone has an agenda, and they all just twist reality to fit that agenda, no matter how absurd.  They clearly believe that if they speak with a straight face, there's nothing that anyone can do about it.

All of this spin leaves Americans without an anchor to which they can tie themselves.  It's clear that many, many Americans derive their beliefs solely from what they hear in the media.  When the media says crazy things, the people repeat those crazy things.  They lack an internal mechanism for determining right from wrong.  So now, with objective reality long gone, people just say whatever they want, without regard to the truth.  And that's how we get so many broken parts of our culture, including our two presidential candidates, both of whom are obviously unfit for the job.

Emotional connection can be the anchor that people are missing.  When you have a strong connection to your emotions, it becomes a fantastic bull-shit detector.  You might be able to convince your brain of some of these crazy things, but your soul will scream (meaning you'll feel angry or upset emotions) when it hears that stuff. If you are able to listen to it, then that listening is your anchor.  

Ignoramus:  "Gay marriage damages the institution of marriage.  Marriage is one male and one female."  Soul:  "Nope."  Ignoramus:  "Black people are the real racists.  They're the ones causing the problems."  Soul: "Nah." "(Virtually anything to come out of Trump/Clinton's mouth.)"  Soul:  "I don't think so."  

It just works.  You don't have to think about it.  Your soul will tell you, through your emotions, if you develop your ability to listen to it.  I hope you will, because if not, life in this country is going to continue to get much worse.  And that's obvious.