Originally Posted by
Darkoz
And the few things I agree with I will say so regardless of political affiliation. I wish I witnessed more of that on either side.
Darkoz, when I read comments like this from you, it indicates you don't understand the other side. If you did, you would understand that there is no middle ground between conservatives and liberals on the majority of issues.
This is because our views of the role of government are totally different. Conservatives believe the primary role of government is to provide protection, while the liberals view the government as being involved in every part of our lives, including social engineering, and how much we save for retirement.
Take abortion: There is no middle ground. You either believe in the right of the mother to kill her unborn baby, or you believe in the right of the unborn baby to live. Most conservatives would side on the right of the baby to live, because it did nothing wrong to deserve a death sentence. Most liberals will side on the right of the mother to kill her unborn baby, since it's still in her stomach. I get both sides, but I also see why there is no middle ground.
Take the death penalty: Conservatives believe it's the government's role to punish bad people, and the worse crime is taking someone else's life so the punishment by the Sate should be death. Liberals, in general, don't believe in the death penalty, that is as long as you aren't an unborn baby, then liberals are okay with the death penalty.
I could go on and on. Bottom line is in most cases there is no middle ground. Liberals think middle ground is discussing how some liberal welfare program should be altered so it worked better. A conservative would just want to eliminate it, since this shouldn't be what government does.
Then you have goofballs like accountinquestion, who say things both sides agree with, which have nothing to do with the conservative or liberal debate. Like his belief that police should be held accountable. I have not met one conservative or liberal who would disagree with this statement. Accountinquestion said that's why people are protesting and rioting; it's because there are a lot of people who don't believe in police accountability. When I asked him who these people are, he went silent.
Btw, that's why accountinquestion is my favorite poster. He says stupid stuff all the time, and doesn't even know it...but, by the way, he did once date a Mexican. Lol. That's my favorite quote by him. He thinks this makes him a compassionate liberal.