I don't know for a fact but I suspect that our viewpoints are more common than an anthropologist from Mars could divine by looking at any political party.
My grandmother used to say that she didn't care whether someone was white, black, red, yellow, green, or purple, all she cared about was how they acted. She had a little house that she rented out to a homosexual couple, a man who was a hairdresser and a man who was in the air force. She didn't care that they were homosexual, they were nice people, took care of the house, always paid their rent on time, and she liked them. I would never have guessed that they were homosexual, but she made it a point to tell me. I guess I was 12 then. She ran her own small business but only had an eighth grade education. She told me I could grow up to be president some day. Her mother was a Chippewa Indian and one grandfather came over from Ireland during the Potato Famine.
I've encountered many people like her in my life. They are remarkably tolerant of human differences, but intolerant of violating the rights of others. I think we are representative of America, and the political parties are not. |
