Can we get there from here? Can the 'right' and the 'left' go back to being two wings on the same noble bird?

I know how I succumb to my own darker nature every day. I'm part of the problem and I don't kid myself about it. My own vitriolic rants have time and time again reinforced a wall of separation between myself and those with whom I disagree. I want peace. I want social justice. I want clean air and water and a beautiful expanse of tomorrows for my grand children. I want quality education and unrestricted freedom to learn and express. I love idealism, and creativity. I believe our potential for growth outweighs our tendency to stagnate and decay and do unspeakable wrongs to one another. I could go on forever about "life liberty and the pursuit of happiness". I am blinded by my own experiences and observations. How can I transcend the filters of my perception, and all the hyperbole and histrionics that arises from my own arrogance and worthless 'sense of self'? It is agonizingly futile to go on about how 'I' feel, and why 'I' feel that way, and then that awful word, "but" always comes up. "I'm sorry, 'but....." " I want to help, 'but'......" " I understand how you feel, "but"......"
Honestly, I think the only answer is to accept our differences and simply set them to the side. Is there any possible way to offer an olive branch in the situation that we are in? Can I say, " I hate things that have happened, and I want nothing more than to work towards stopping those things from happening more."? My mind screams to find blame. My mind screams to declare 'wrongs' and point my finger. My mind screams that my ideas are the best ones. I want to shut all that off and simply say. "I hate hating, and I want things to be better for everyone."
How do we get 'there' from 'here'?

Top | Newest First | Oldest First

therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

How can you play nice with thugs like Avenatti, he has been criminally referred, but not a peep out of the Democrats. A month ago they wanted him to be their nominee in 2020.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/creepy-porn-lawyer-avenatti-lashes-out-at-grassley-after-criminal-referral/

View 1 more replies »

therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

@puck61 did you just talk to some leftist woman, lol, you have these moments :)

don't buy their kumbaya, it ends in dystopia.....

puck61

@therighttothink50 Well, this particular 'kumbaya attack' was just brought on by a never ending stream of complaints and observations with all the same 'stimulus - response' miasma that it is always enveloped by. "Same dancers in the same old shoes..." 🎶🎵

therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

FISA, FISA, FISA, remember the treason and the take over, it goes far and deep. Those dancers don't even know what the hell FISA is, lol....

Can Obama go to jail? He should, but are we going to let him get off for "peace" ? Hussein gets off the hook for only possibly two reasons: his complexion protection and the violence it might cause if they took him away in handcuffs.

Is it really a tough call for Trump? How can he not let the hammer of justice drop on these seditious leftist scumbags who refuse to walk away quietly? Seditious thugs who tried to frame him with the illegal acts they actually committed themselves.

We need to stop this leftist disease now or we lose our country...The left won't stop with the propaganda, crap and lies. These delusional thugs need to see the full wrath of the law be unleashed upon them. It is going to get a lot worse before it gets better, but it is the only way we return to the rule of law.

curiosi · 61-69, F

We can't make the other side see, as to argue with those that have renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. The only thing we can do is protect our spirit, say what you feel needs to be said and move on. It's good to see what they have to say for the purpose of examining ones self and motives, but to argue the point only hurts us.

therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

@curiosi You can not argue with a mob out of control who embrace socialism, these people are willfully ignorant to history.

LyricalOne · F

I’m with ya but I fear it’s a bell that can’t be unrung. Takes a lot of intelligence, a willingness to listen, a commitment to decency and respect for others. If this past election taught me anything, it’s that those things are in woefully short supply.

puck61

@LyricalOne I listen to myself sometimes, and I see that one of my problems is 'perceived injustices'. "You guys did this..." and " You guys did that" and "So and so did such and such." I don't understand predominant 'collective' ideology, and my counterparts don't understand predominant individualist ideology....yadda yadda yadda... on some level it even starts to become an amusing game. WELL HELL! Who am I kidding, the "amusing game" is pretty obvious, . I just kind of wish we could scream and yell at each other and leave it at the door at the end of the day, and always have it first and foremost in our minds that we are brothers and sisters and actually have some good old fashion love for each other.

LyricalOne · F

@puck61 So much of it is tied into ego and defending individual beliefs rather than issues and positions which are so disfigured by propaganda that they have little resemblance to reality. Like one big Jedi Mind Fuck. And let's face it, the average person really isn't too bright so they're easily manipulated.

But in spirit, I'm in complete agreement with you.

And the world will be as one.........

puck61

@LyricalOne Damn! Is that patchouli in the air? 😘

ScrewThisImDone · 26-30, F

Each side is too preoccupied in trying to make the other look as bad as possible, I don't think we'll ever get to the point of "thinking differently but still civil" again.

View 1 more replies »

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@puck61 Sadly I agree.. The direst emergency draws people together. And the one needed this time out is going to have to be a doozey.

puck61

@whowasthatmaskedman Yellowstone caldera!

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@puck61 That order of magnitude , Yes.

eli1601 · 70-79, M

We don't. The genie left the bottle a long time ago.

therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

You can't negotiate with people who are walking zombies, who are devoid of logic, who hate themselves and their own country.

Bring on the FISA documents and lock up Obama and his crime cartel. NO DEALS with seditious thugs.

Accountability and the rule of law, the truth must come out.

therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

The left can't handle the truth...

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FnO3igOkOk]

Add a comment...