Posted on May 18, 2018
Political Left & Political Right Wage a Modern-Day Civil War For America's Soul
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I can say I have more conservative than liberal values, but I do have some values that would be considered liberal. I agree wholeheartedly that their is a rift in America right now between Liberal ideology and conservative ideology. A rift which is fed by the mentality that you are either all in, or you are out. The media certainly hasn't helped in bridging the rift. It has served more to feed the rift than anything else. I disagree with the comparison between liberals and conservatives when it comes to the Bill of Rights. I think both sides have a tendency to look at it as natural law, until they disagree with how it is being used. That needs to be the first bridge to mending the rift. It has to be reconciled that the Bill of Rights is either Natural Law that cannot and more importantly should not be subject to arbitrary interpretation and repeal, or it is not, and they are subject to the whims of populism. Personally I would prefer to be uncomfortable, and have them protected as opposed to being comfortable and having rights subject to half assed interpretation.
Overall it is an interesting article.
Overall it is an interesting article.
Political Left & Political Right Wage a Modern-Day Civil War For America's Soul
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What a load of fertilizer. It's written entirely from a right-wing perspective, and uses inaccurate stereotype as a form of propaganda.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
Capt Gregory Prickett so you don't see a culture war between liberal and conservative ideals?
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Capt Gregory Prickett
PO3 Steven Sherrill - absolutely there are differences. But the article presents only one side of what it is misrepresenting as a binary issue, and it misrepresents the other side of the issue. It's clearly a propaganda piece designed to encourage its supporters to continue to increase the divide. Just look at the comments below. LTC Martin blames the rift on the left and uneducated voters. The article is a propaganda piece, not news or even intelligent commentary.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
Capt Gregory Prickett - It is an opinion piece, not intended as news. One thing about a society in which every citizen has a right to vote, that right comes with responsibilities. The biggest responsibility is to be an educated voter. All too often people vote based on emotion. That is unavoidable. The problem is that the emotion is often based on social media, limited or false information, and a lack of true understanding of the issues. There is a huge problem with uneducated voters. As evidence of that I say look at the last Presidential Ballot. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump? Really 325 million Americans, and the best that the two parties could come up with were Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump? Honest and open debate is the best way to heal the divide. It is not about agreeing. It is about being able to disagree, and maintain a level of respect for the opposing viewpoint.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
PO3 Steven Sherrill - I agree that the best solution is an educated voter, but we now have a pathological liar as president because of uneducated voters. And Clinton would not have been any better, because of the left's uneducated voters.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill, the Left has figured out how to make Conservatives pay for their socialist takeover of America. That is why there is a rift. The importation of low skilled individuals is the current process to ensure the Left has a known voter class that will keep them in power. Again, Conservatives see through this and are now responding.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
LTC (Join to see) Everyone has issues that are important to them. It drives me crazy seeing people lining up and ENTHUSIASTICALLY going to vote against their own best interests. It would be like a NRA member voting for Hillary Clinton because they think she was a better choice for gun rights. Just doesn't make sense, yet every four years there are millions of Americans who go to the polls, and vote a party line, even if it doesn't serve their best interests.
Broken record time: I am a firm believer that we need to abolish political parties, and let each candidate run on their laurels. No primaries, no R or D, just candidates running on a platform, and then having to work with other elected officials in order to get things done. More accountability to the people because they will have a crowded ballot in the next election, so in order to stay in office, they would need to make sure they got stuff done.
Broken record time: I am a firm believer that we need to abolish political parties, and let each candidate run on their laurels. No primaries, no R or D, just candidates running on a platform, and then having to work with other elected officials in order to get things done. More accountability to the people because they will have a crowded ballot in the next election, so in order to stay in office, they would need to make sure they got stuff done.
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LTC (Join to see)
Let's be honest here. We don't have political parties anymore. Just as the FBI, Justice Dept, IRS, etc..., the Federal political level has been infiltrated by the Establishment. The political parties have both merged to serve their wealthy donors. They don't give a flip for the people they represent. If we are to fix the system the People need to identify the doners and stop funding them.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
LTC (Join to see) - You are spot on. Though there is one caveat. That is election time. At election time they care just enough to get re-elected, while promising the moon and the stars and the sun, then delivering a turd in a box after the election.
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I do worry there is an element in our society that would like to move away from our democratic/republic roots towards a socialist ideology.
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