Things are a no-brainer for me (like rights gay/marriage, pro-choice, environment, etc) are a ticking time-bomb for them. Similarily, things that get me going (Iraq war and unnecessary deaths) are no big deal.
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I'd have to say, its pretty hard. There dont seem to be a whole lot of common ground to agree upon at this point.
There's more common ground than you realize. You like the environment, we like the environment...we just want to go about things differently. You guys want to jack up the taxes on oil, sign kyoto and build windmills (just not near the Hamptons!), we want to let the free market handle it and do something more realistic like go nuclear.
You want gay marriage, most of us are fine with civil unions. They can do what they want in their bedroom, just don't screw with something as fundamental as marriage.
You guys hate a war where we have national security interests, but are ok with a war where we don't have national security interests (Bosnia, Kosovo etc). Ok, so we may be pretty far apart on this point.
You guys are pro choice to a fault (I don't see how anybody can support partial-birth abortion...absolutely sick), many of us want limits on it, but not outright banning. You can't get rid of it entirely IMO as it would just move back into the back alleys. What's wrong with parental notice though? Putting a limit on an abortion within the first trimester?
How do these things compromise the woman's right to choose? Choice is fine, but you guys take it to a point where it's casual disregard for human life.
See, we're not that far off in the big picture.
Brian |
