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.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

I believe you need to travel more throughout the states.

You really wouldn't be saying some of the things you have.

I have both traveled through or actually lived in 40 states. There's no east versus west division.

BTW a very vocal liberal user on here lives in the southeast. And I personally know of extreme liberals in Texas. More than a hundred actually. And in Southern California all the following countries are Republican counties:

San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange county.

In other words most of Southern California are conservatives. And go to Oregon most of the Eastern counties are as well conservatives.

Your demographics are totally off based on both parties.

I will say this on demographics. Most MAJOR cities over a million tend to be liberal. And rural areas tend to be conservative. That's the only thing you can judge by throughout the USA. There are exceptions to that however.