Conciliation

Rancor and discord, to a certain point, is a good thing in a democracy. We must air our views. The United States of America has been a perpetual argument since the day it was born, because it has always believed, deep down, that everybody has a right to be heard.

It seems worse now than ever. After all, Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neil used to have drinks together. But really, it aint all that bad.  There is a fundamental , underlying spirit of harmony in america. Though I am a left wing socialistic liberal, I am a "Limbaugh liberal", in that, I listen to Rush. Not every day, but some.

None of my many liberal friends listens to Rush Limbaugh, or even gives him credit for being human. I , alone of all liberals I know, listens to Rush with an open mind, trying to understand and appreciate. Its hard, especially when Rush seems to do nothing but attack liberals, rather than explaining and expousing conservatism.

But I keep listening, to broaden myself, to learn, to reconcile...

The fundamentals of conservatism: opportunity, freedom, love of country, traditional values; these one need not oppose, to be liberal..

If one is a liberal one can, in fact, abstractly reconcile conservatism within the same framework, merely by regarding conservatism as the foundation upon which liberalism is later added, expanding, augmenting, improving.

Rush spends too much time dogging liberalism, instead of explaining conservatism, which he does best.  He'd be even more popular than he is now if he would change his attitude towards liberalism, and concede that it isn't inherently evil, any more than conservatism.

Liberals would be better off if they would accept the fundamental truth of conservatism, and simply insist that a bit more is needed.

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