The thing is, though, I don't think I could really be close friends in 3D with a conservative because our values are so different.
I find that very, very sad.
Ionesco (I think it was) posted an article deploring the increasing polarization of the country. Quite frankly, if I can say this without your feeling attacked, which is not my intent, I think your attitude pretty clearly reflects the reasons for that polarization and is part of the problem, not the solution.
How can you ever truly understand conservatives -- not merely stereotype them, but UNDERSTAND them -- unless you get to know them well as PERSONS, not simply as political ideas? Is it really, to go back to an early discussion, in your opinion humane and compassionate to say you will never be close friends with a person if they don't hold your political views?
Suppose somebody here were to say "I don't think I could really be close friends in 3D with a [Jew, black, Hispanic, Muslim] because our values are so different." Wouldn't you find that statement unfortunate?
Maybe you should put a new bumper sticker on your car: "Have you hugged at least one Liberal and at least one Conservative today?" |
