(01-16-2021, 11:33 AM)americus 2.0 Wrote: I saw these two comments somewhere else and it got me to thinking about how we see the left and the right. 

"The job of the left is to make mistakes, the job of the right is to make sure nobody fixes them."

"The extreme left tries to take some statues down while the right refuses to accept anything bad happened."

Is this how people in general see the left and the right? How would you rephrase these comments? Or what would your comparisons of the two look like? I am genuinely curious.

As a registered Independent, I couldn't phrase this any better than those two examples. Those are EXACTLY how I feel about Liberals and Conservatives and why I refuse to be aligned with either side. I believe most people feel this way, but since we live in a country with a two party system, they believe they have to align themselves with one or the other. Each side thinks they are right on every issue and both take hardline stances on everything, which is why nothing ever gets done. The two party system just does not work, but I don't see anything changing anytime soon. People just seem to be getting more extremists on both sides.

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