Everybody has a different interpretation of the ongoing protest movements across the world. A good friend of mine (and of the world)insists that even extraterrestrial beings are involved, and will soon be involved much more. This to me is no more or less believable than anything anyone else says.
A few days ago I suggested that the TEA Party and the OWS protests should join forces in this country to form a unified front against the coming winter of our collective discontent. A movement, in essence, against ourselves, and what we have allowed ourselves to become.
We all want the same things, but the problem is, we disagree about how to achieve them.
That's where Openmindedness, the aspiration of this website, comes in. Its what we need, desperately.
We need to understand that those who disagree with us are not idiots, and that they have a legitimate point of view capable of anyone's understanding.
The TEA party wants lower taxes and less government regulation. Don't we all.
I may not agree with that, but at least I can understand it, and respect those who advocate it.
The Occupy people want equality in wealth, power, and opportunity. Any conservative who refuses to understand that is being not only narrow minded, but dishonest. Of course, everyone can understand that.
So let's take the first step,and quit pretending we think the other side, whichever side that is, are all idiots, because we know better.
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