'Terms they've been using for *us*'
Yes, there is the left and the right in this nation. I didn't write the rules or reality, Rob. ...and the further along we go, it seems the more those party lines get delineated instead of blurred.
There it is again, the us, we...them, the other people.
That's reality. Women & Men is a we / us thing and there's not a single thing happening there except biology on the most fundamental level.
I'll assume 'us' means the general conservative leanings of the board.
With the post that I pulled this quote from, yes, 100%.
But where does that 'us' line begin and end?
I legitimately
can answer that, but you may or may not like my answer. If you want it, I'll be happy to share in a followup. If not, okay. You'll have to specifically ask for it.
For instance, I'm all about your right to dress/act as a woman if that's your thing, have sex with whatever gender / leanings as long as it's a consenting adult. But I draw the line at trannies in women's sports, or people in drag reading 'Walking the catwalk' to a bunch of kids who should have no idea what sexy means.
I'm with you so far!
Am I part of the Us here?
Well political nuance is where it all boils down to. The left AND the right want happiness, freedom, stability, success etc. It's the nuanced ways in which we get there and define those things where people separate... and boy do we separate! I'm not going to sit here and grill you on every single issue, talking point, but just know (
as I assume you already do) that the right/left paradigm isn't just an arbitrary thing folks made up... it's based on very real differences in philosophies of how people live their lives and in the real world, just looking at someone it's hard to tell their political appointment but it's when they start expressing their views... that's when you can start to put people in boxes.
...and ultimately the biggest boxes are the right and the left.
So are you part of the
"Us" here?
You tell me.
No doubt the extremely vocal 0.5% of the twitter idiots would call me a bigot, but so what?
What's funny about this... is that
that 0.5% makes the most noise on both sides it seems, and the other side thinks that
that comprises most of the other side's side! It's hilarious. This is why people can waltz into a thing on twitter so unassuming and instantly be called either a nazi or a commie.
Why do we care what they think?
I don't... it's how I retain my sanity.
Those morons are dividing us even more than the actual right wing racist crazies.
See, that right there is a sort of dividing line of your "blueish" nature imo.
Have you seen how racially divisive the left truly is? It's not the racism that's overt and hatemonger-fied like you typically associate with far right groups... I'm talking about how they literally divide us up racially under the mask of social justice? I could write an entire thesis on this alone, but I *think* you have an idea of what I'm talking about.
United We Stand, Divided We Fall sounds cliche these days, but it still rings true.
I wish! I truly, truly wish. If God Himself came down and granted me a wish for peace among the right and the left, I would absolutely take it. But (like above), I didn't write the rules or reality, Rob. We
are divided, and wishing it not so doesn't make it so, unfortunately.
Anyway, please continue, but I suspect this thread will die quicker than a suicidal pedo-reddit mod.
Yeah, that was one of the worst threads I've ever, EVER made, I totally admit it (and I have made some stinkers... yikes). Haha.
