I'm frequently reminded that I'm not the mirror image of many of those around me who call themselves "conservatives". I've wondered about this quite a bit and I think I tend to live in a world where ideas exist in various shades of gray while "conservatives" I know think and argue in absolutes, absolutes that are like boxes of judgement. This goes in the box of things "we" like and that goes in the box for all the things "we" hate.
Another thing is what I would call "false equivalence" and "conservatives" seem unable to see a difference. For instance, to fight "cancel culture", a county in my state of North Carolina banned Coke from all county property. The reason given is that Coke made a statement about restrictive voting laws in Georgia. Georgia isn't even in North Carolina! The statement given by one of the offending politicians is that this is what the "left" is doing with "cancel culture". I see it as a fake cause with a slogan they can use, but this is nothing like what the "left" is doing. If I, or a business, make a decision to buy or not buy something, even because of politics, that's called free speach. When a government makes that same decision, that's crony capitalism. Not the same.
I also want to say that I did change my views when I left home and went to college. I don't know anyone else who switched from right to left or vice versa. So, in my case they might have a point, I changed when I had more information.
One more thing. Left and Right aren't the bread and butter of partisanship, power is the bread and butter of partisanship. Oh, and please forgive any generalizations!
Good statement. Do you mind if I publish it? One thought, though, I see pandering not "position" (left or right) as the bread and butter, and as an essential lead-in to power.
I'm frequently reminded that I'm not the mirror image of many of those around me who call themselves "conservatives". I've wondered about this quite a bit and I think I tend to live in a world where ideas exist in various shades of gray while "conservatives" I know think and argue in absolutes, absolutes that are like boxes of judgement. This goes in the box of things "we" like and that goes in the box for all the things "we" hate.
Another thing is what I would call "false equivalence" and "conservatives" seem unable to see a difference. For instance, to fight "cancel culture", a county in my state of North Carolina banned Coke from all county property. The reason given is that Coke made a statement about restrictive voting laws in Georgia. Georgia isn't even in North Carolina! The statement given by one of the offending politicians is that this is what the "left" is doing with "cancel culture". I see it as a fake cause with a slogan they can use, but this is nothing like what the "left" is doing. If I, or a business, make a decision to buy or not buy something, even because of politics, that's called free speach. When a government makes that same decision, that's crony capitalism. Not the same.
I also want to say that I did change my views when I left home and went to college. I don't know anyone else who switched from right to left or vice versa. So, in my case they might have a point, I changed when I had more information.
One more thing. Left and Right aren't the bread and butter of partisanship, power is the bread and butter of partisanship. Oh, and please forgive any generalizations!
Good statement. Do you mind if I publish it? One thought, though, I see pandering not "position" (left or right) as the bread and butter, and as an essential lead-in to power.
If you want to clarify or amplify a bit before I publish it, that's of course find.
That looks great. The last paragraph can easily be removed. Thanks, Dr. Bing.
...and any missing commas.