Instead of trying to encourage divisions, as in the past, we hoped they would carry the movement with them because we wanted to make peace once, not many times with many different groups.
Dennis Ross, a former senior Obama administration official who is an expert on the Iranian nuclear issue at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said that Iran might hint at some modest movement in the upcoming talks, perhaps to try to encourage divisions among the United States and the other powers involved in the talks.
Last, Mr Shah is controversial because he is prone to a divisive form of politics, encouraging division between religious groups for electoral gain.
Mixing refugees, Muslims, terrorists and rats together stokes public anxiety and encourages division at a time when unity is sorely needed – a highly irresponsible and potentially dangerous act.
In every restaurant I have known that employs a similar practice, it encourages division and rivalry among staff, and a reluctance to help out in other waiters' sections.
Refugees wait to be registered in a camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece (EPA) Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron accused Ms May of "encouraging division and hatred", while Labour's shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham said she had forgotten her own advice that the Tories should stop being "the nasty party".
That is, we Americans who think it is cool to engage in rhetoric, political or otherwise, that encourages division, ugliness, hatred, and violence, directly or indirectly.
"Instead it creates a wedge issue, one that encourages division, and fear, and myths, and shuts down the very dialogue that could bring about solutions.
Too much of the public discourse has focused on the negative, encouraging division and animosity rather than engendering a spirited but positive dialog about the way forward for our country.
