RE: Liberal and Conservative Oversimplistic Labels?
July 7, 2014 at 4:01 am
(This post was last modified: July 7, 2014 at 4:04 am by rexbeccarox.)
(July 6, 2014 at 8:19 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Left of Gandhi---that's impressive.
Not quite left of Ghandi... really close to aligning him though.
Here's the thing: I think people in general, and USians (thanks Boru) more specifically tend to think in terms of sympathy rather than empathy. If we were all more empathetic, lines in the sand wouldn't have to be so pronounced, and if it weren't for our sympathetic nature, we wouldn't have people citing "ew gross" over same-sex marriage. I'm for many fewer laws than what we're currently saddled with, at least federally, and "ban this" or "ban that" are completely unpatriotic, in my view.
Also, I tend to think in terms of human rights rather than individual rights. If one of the Koch brothers had his money taken away for some reason, and then given to some homeless guy, I'd probably cheer. As much as capitalism is a great thing in many ways, it's turned into extreme hoarding to the detriment of my country, and I'm not cool with that.
When I really look at the US and what problems it has, it's not hard to notice that the extreme sides of the political spectrum are what are fucking my country up. Black and white doesn't work in a country with 314 million people, and I'm sick to death of the pretense that it does through the electoral college.
Jeezus. Sorry guys; didn't mean to go on a rant.
