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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: Dracin72 who wrote (9339)2/2/2017 7:33:20 PM
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The extremes are clearly definable. The average person on the street is flexible and willing to think liberally about what is happening in the world, while taking conservative positions on things they feel need to be secured or cared for. A conservative is an environmentalist in the genuine sense. A liberal would be considering the new government situation with a completely open mind.

Extremists are tethered to partisan platforms and have no need to consider the merit of those platforms very far. Sure you might be authentically committed to one or a few extreme issues, but when any and every talking point demands your hardened rhetoric, you have no individuality left. You bow to the party. I don't like to be blunt but these threads are set up so extremists can ossify positions to the point of hyperbole. The challenge for us is to avoid being caught up in that.
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