(February 2, 2020 at 7:07 pm)Mr Greene Wrote: What I find most disturbing about the whole way things have gone over the past few years is the way people's views seem to have polarized and taken ideologies as though they were articles of faith. The idea that to admit that an ideology or party could be wrong apparently threatens their entire idea of self.
It might even lead to them not believing in a political ideology...
Agreed. I think a fair part of it is people supporting individuals instead of policies. Once you say, ‘I support Smith’ it makes it harder for you to reject Smith when he embraces a policy you disagree with.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson