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I have a weird dilemma as I completely agree with you & wish people on both political sides would call out their own party & the other party for the same things they find fault in of the opposite party. what offends us or what we praise or what we stand up for should be the same no matter what the party affiliation is of the person doing wrong or doing good.
But, then I also want to say "wait a minute, you have seemed blindly partisan on some occasions", but I digress & take that thought back as we all tend to have those moments.
Happy Thanksgiving
You bring up a really good point. Both sides have very loud (largely due to the media) but very minority extremes that seem to push everyone into the "us vs. them" mentality. Most of us are somewhere closer to the middle. Me, personally, I am pro gun, pro drug, pro woman, and I think prostitution should be legalized. I am for equal opportunity, but think equal outcome is a dangerous goal, and think free speech should be protected, even if it hurts somebody's little feelings. I think just about everyone whatever their religious, sexual, or whatever opinions or lifestyles should be able to marry or do whatever they want as long as they don't mess with me or hurt anyone else, then go for it. God bless. I lean to the right, but you gotta admit I'm pretty in the middle.
There is enough in that paragraph there that many people of all positions will agree with some things, disagree with others, and if we hold off on the name calling and below the belt jabs, we can have a good healthy discussion. Once it goes below the belt or becomes an "us vs. them" thing, then we are all screwed.