Slade3200
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- Jan 13, 2016
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See it is your perspective that is off. We share common goals to have liberty and freedom. Conservatives once fought against equal rights for women, and blacks, and gays all which, thankfully, were pushed through by the Liberal/progressive movement. We all want safety and less murder, we all want freedom of religion... I think you'd be surprised with how many on the "Left" don't want a bigger bloated government, they have many of the same frustrations with bureaucracy as conservatives. Look at the Bernie crew. Yes there are many many similarities, the same frustrations, the same wants to be free and support good values. If you can't see that then you've got some pretty thick blinders on. Maybe look a little harder for those areas of commonality and actually open yourself to seeing that there are good hearted people who are smart with the right intensions on the other side of the aisle. You might be surprised. You might learn something and achieve the ability to communicate in a way where they will actually listen to your perspective as well.I think many from the Right see a mortal enemy when they see a Democrat as well, it goes both ways. I listen to conservative talk radio and people like Rush, and Levin and Hannity have turned the word "Liberalism" into an end of the world scenario. The rhetoric is dishonest and out of control.I still stand by the point that if you can't engage with each person for what they say and continuously lump them into a single candidate or a group of supporters, then you are making a lazy argument. The Left does it for Trump supporters and the Right does it to Liberals and Progressives. It is counterproductive... gets us nowhere.You lose me when you try and define millions of people by the words and actions of a few. It is a lazy way of debating. Take issue with people specifically. I had plenty of problems with Hillary, but I just laugh when people think that dissing hillary is dissing me because of some liberal views that we may share.
Hil-liar is more than just one person, she was the presidential candidate for the Democrat party. Did you play the video? Did you hear the round of applauds after she said that???? It's much more than a few people.
It gets us everywhere because you need to know how your adversary thinks and stands.
If I listen to a Democrat, I see an American with a different political view than mine. If a Democrat listens to me, he sees his mortal enemy speaking.
It is beyond, knowing how your adversary thinks and stands. I think that term "adversary" is counter productive. We are all citizens of the same country and believe it or not, most of us share common goals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We might have different ideas on how to get there, but I think the commonalities get lost when people talk like we are at war with each other and then it all becomes about the war.
Adversary is counter productive but "enemy" which got Hillary a round of cheers is not?
We do not share the same goals. We on the right do not share the goals of calling guys--girls simply because they put on a dress and allow them into our daughters dressing room. We do not share the goal of disarming the public. We do not share the goal of removing religion out of society. We do not share the goal of more government dependency. We do not share the goal of sissifying our schools, military, football and yes, even our boy scouts.
We on the right believe in the right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The left believes in controlled life, selective liberty, and the guarantee of happiness by the government.