(07-18-2019, 09:50 AM)B2hibry Wrote:

(07-18-2019, 09:32 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: There's a lot of truth in that last statement. I'm very socially liberal, but man some of these people take their positions to such extremes that it turns me against them. It's not that they want the freedom to do as they please, they want everyone else to validate them as they do it.

^^ This right here is the divide in today's climate. We're being told, and younger generations are being taught that you can only support one extreme or the other. The broad and honest space in between is where discussion focus should be. These newer politicians and in some case, older, have adopted the "extreme" mentality and labeled it progressive. We can't have an honest discussion until we can focus less on the extreme minority and more so on the broad and majority realities in the middle that are getting ignored. The focus on validating extreme positions or identity politics in itself is just crazy!

It's really the fringes of each political field pushing and pulling people in certain directions. The Tiki torch guys on the right. The mask wearing cheap shot takers on the left with ANTIFA. They're all circling around the silent majority like sharks. The [BLEEP] up there in Portland and Seattle is a prime example of poor political leadership and policy. 

The climate needs to change. I think once we get through this circus, which may not be until after 2024, people will keep prodding along with this. It'll take a massive outbreak from one side of the fringe to cause a major shake up in the middle. We'll see in time I guess.

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