our words lead me to believe that, like many on both ends of the spectrum, you've taken precious little time to respectfully listen to those who disagree with you. I suspect you would not be able to accurately tell me why they think the way they do. Maybe more time and effort spent actually listening might help you see things more clearly.
Sorry............Or else BS just doesn't sit well with me...........attacking someone with gov't just because they disagree is BS.......telling someone you will put a solar grid on your house or you can't build here is BS........being forced to pay on your power bill for someone else is also BS.
I used to listen........the DNC just lies and tries to use it as they REFUSE ANY COMPROMISE........I DON'T LISTEN TO OR ELSE........
Sorry........go find some complacent idiots to comply.....this isn't 1939 Germany.......And we aren't German..
Bring back your JFK style Dems or Blue Dogs.......or NO DEAL.....
Here's an example of the problem that exists on both ends.
I may as well be trying to communicate with a wild-eyed Jihadi on the streets of Damascus, or a protest-sign holding Westboro Church member, picketing the funeral of a fallen soldier.
You seem to be trying to convince yourself you aren't, when you most certainly
are. Sometimes you need to let that gut feeling flesh itself out. We like to try and convince ourselves that our fellow Americans can't be radicalized. How's that working out?
Well, in my own way, I have. I've changed my mind over the last couple of years on a pretty important (for me) matter: I used to think that any of us could drop the partisan ideology and the ego and work together to get things done, if properly motivated. I no longer feel that way.
I believe now that there is a segment of the population, well-represented on this board -- you might think of them as radicalized -- who simply will never be part of constructive conversation, because they lack or have lost the capacity to do so. The rest of us will have to work around them. It may work, it may not.