I'm a liberal, basically, and I hang with libs. My lib buds. But I get tired hearing them run down conservatives. It works both ways, of course. A competitive culture can be a healthy culture, but America is over the top.
Since I am right, you must be wrong. Opposites need not always be mutually exclusive. My tenth grade English teacher told us that in her opinion evolution and creationsim are beautifully harmonious and complimentary. IN a sense, I agree. There simply is no reason for science and religion to butt heads.
WE must all accept one great truth: the universe is far larger than human thought. There are worlds and philosophies we have not even thought of.
Some people spend more time criticizing opposing political opinions than explaining their own. Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh come to mind. I could listen to either one of them expousing conservatism all day, but they never do, they just attack liberalism, incessantly. People are better at talking about what they love, than what they hate.
The angry public discussion we know today is an indication of the level of anger throughout American society, as hard economic times force folks to struggle.
Open mindedness means understanding that opposing points of view both harbor thuth, from the point of view of adherants.
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