"Make America great again."

It's a line we've been hearing a lot lately. The current Republican nominee — Donald J. Trump — has made it his goal to spread his ideals through the slogan. Being personally opposed to Trump, you shouldn't be surprised to hear that I don't agree with his statement. I ask you to look a little further, however, than political ideologies.

I think that America is already great. The nation that has been handed down to us through the generations is one rich with history, victory and patriotism. We idolize the great heroes of yesterday. We sing the praises of our armed forces. One of the foremost stereotypes of the American people is one of overbearing, nationalistic pride in our flag and its meaning.

Maybe Trump should change his tune to reflect something that seems to be more central to the problem: "Make America's people great again."

We stand divided in this country. Polarization has isolated so many people into different groups branded with harsh labels. "Radical" feminists, "ignorant" conservatives, "foolish" liberals — we've seen the terms and buzzwords thrown around so much that they almost seems to lose meaning. Like the old age of McCarthyist political witch hunting, we've become afraid of people and ideas that are completely different from our own.

In this modern age of technology and connection, when it should be easiest to understand our brothers and sisters of a different mentality, we decide instead to push each other away. Biting and kicking and scratching instead of talking, discussing and realizing that we are not so different. Each day, we wake up to another tragedy somewhere in the world. Yesterday it was Munich, and before that it was Turkey and Paris. And if they strike tomorrow, what's going to happen?

More kicking, more screaming. People choose to settle the blame on laws, people or tools of warfare. When anyone disagrees, the slander and insults fall like rain.

When are we going to realize that childish infighting is exactly the purpose of these attacks? We're giving the enemy what they want. The chaos, confusion and misplaced blame that allows for it to happen all over again.

Maybe it's time we make America's people great again.