I'm really concerned with the division in this country. I know everyone says that, but think about it...
The way left wing peeps talk about conservatives is not any different than how a normal person talks about Nazis. The way conservatives generalize about lefties is no diff than how ppl talk about tankies. I don't say that a civil war is gonna break out or anything overly dramatic like that, but I do think cultural divide is making it harder for society to do anything cohesive.
I'm more right wing, culturally speaking at least. But I am always careful never to act like lefties are bad, or that it takes some particularly deviant mind to be a run of the mill leftist. I don't. I don't even think lefties are nessecarily any worse ppl than cons, like legit. I also recognize that given who I am and my demographic, it's statistically normal for me to believe what I do.
I think most lefties are left wing for this reason: Because they were born in Oregon, or california, or scandanavia.
I think most conservatives are conservative for this reason: Cause they were born in the south, or texas, or from the 50s, or some shit like that.
I think that if we forget that what makes people virtuous is their interpersonal empathy and daily deeds, we can avoid the division. I have way more in common with a left wing person who volunteers are a childrens hospital and and a homeless shelter than I do right wing individual who think charity is stupid because of some stupid Ayn Rand bullshit. I'd hope the lefties feel the same too.
I think it's just outright ignorance to suggest that being right or left is highly influenced by brain chemistry, genetics, or personality. Yes, these things are a factor. I'v been cited studies about the difference in the average lefty brain that righty brain. It's a predictor, but what's far more of a predictor is where you come from.
I'm more right wing, culturally speaking at least. But I am always careful never to act like lefties are bad, or that it takes some particularly deviant mind to be a run of the mill leftist. I don't. I don't even think lefties are nessecarily any worse ppl than cons, like legit. I also recognize that given who I am and my demographic, it's statistically normal for me to believe what I do.
I think most lefties are left wing for this reason: Because they were born in Oregon, or california, or scandanavia.
I think most conservatives are conservative for this reason: Cause they were born in the south, or texas, or from the 50s, or some shit like that.
I think that if we forget that what makes people virtuous is their interpersonal empathy and daily deeds, we can avoid the division. I have way more in common with a left wing person who volunteers are a childrens hospital and and a homeless shelter than I do right wing individual who think charity is stupid because of some stupid Ayn Rand bullshit. I'd hope the lefties feel the same too.
I think it's just outright ignorance to suggest that being right or left is highly influenced by brain chemistry, genetics, or personality. Yes, these things are a factor. I'v been cited studies about the difference in the average lefty brain that righty brain. It's a predictor, but what's far more of a predictor is where you come from.
