Somehow the willingness to hear both sides of a story, the
tolerance to see someone else’s viewpoint and not vilify them has disappeared
from our society. There truly are very
few things that are totally black and white.
However if you listen to the bombardment of political nonsense, all
candidates have horns, forked tails and tongues and deserve to be confined to a
fiery Hell.
On the eve of Pennsylvania’s
primary election I implore the apparently few who have still retained their
sanity to look at solutions and plans not demagogy. I would also like someday to see open
primaries(gasp) where the voters could decide on candidates based on their
merit not their political affiliation.
Conservative seems to have become the moniker of the
Republican Party. Sadly the current
definition of Conservative seems to be one who is in lockstep with the status
quo, who feels women should be barefoot and pregnant, who derides civility in
favor of bombastic outrage and who feels we should vote for the party no matter
how bad the candidate.
A Liberal now seems to be characterized as Robin Hood,
stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.
Liberals are apparently opposed to capitalism and self
determination. The government should be
responsible for our well being and the dole should be our way of life.
What the heck happen to the ability to be fiscally
conservative and socially liberal? What
happen to political give and take instead of political take, take and more
take?
In my opinion our nation is going to be stalled in a quagmire
until we can recover our ability to think clearly and recognize that fanatics
of any stripe, Conservative or Liberal, Republican or Democrat, pro-life or
pro-choice are still fanatics. Fanatics
who refuse to believe that someone else has the right and sometimes the
responsibility to politely disagree with them.
The politics of fanaticism must be marginalized before we as a nation
can move ahead.
Vote tomorrow but if there is any choice that supports our
right to be moderate, please vote for them.
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