nice analogies there, candycorn, but I think I must differ in opinion....At least a little.
I hear a lot of you like to generalize all liberals as being the same. Some of you say that they are liars; they are lazy; they are socialists that are ruining the country, etc. Come on, really? ALL liberals are lazy hippies and socialist pigs? Do you even know any liberals personally? Seeing a piece about them on Fox News doesn't count.
Isn't that the problem with politics today? They have become so polarized. Do you know how to get the truth behind political issues? It's by thinking crtically. You look at both the conservative and the liberal POV, and decide who is right.
Don't watch Fox News or MSNBC... or better yet, watch them both!
I'd give liberals the same speech, but there doesn't appear to be any on this forum
Uhhhhhhhh....
The problem with being in the middle of the road is that, it is said, there is a long streak painted yellow on it (meaning of course that those in the middle like myself are somehow scared to take one hard stance or the other--not true by the way).
The problem with being an extremest is that you're either in the woods to the left or the woods to the right of the road. You're entrenched.
The problem for the country is that we have too many in the woods on the left and the right and the only way to get anywhere is to get on the road and go!
The cynics will point out that the road goes both ways, progress and retreat. Those who worry about retreat, I submit, are simply put, scared. Get out of the woods and move the country forward.
Holding an opposing opinion (right or left) that one refuses to yield may very well be 'entrenched", but when that opinion is is held based upon (individually held principles) right or wrong, there is nothing wrong with it. Not everything is worthy of compromise, some things are worthy of drawing a line and standing firm.
Refusing to retreat is not fear (scared), it is often principle. I would posit that compromise is more akin to fear (scared) than standing by ones beliefs is.