I think this is a fascinating topic, and one I wish came up more often. I pretty much am spot-on with you (I am on the fence with gun control). Why do we have to be characterized on one side or the other? Why do we have to follow those on the left or the right blindly because of which side of the pendulum we fall on some issues?
I'm so effing sick and tired of the polarized psychoticness that is being publicized and championed on both sides of the spectrum now, it makes me sick to talk about politics anymore. Even to what I would consider sane people. Conversations slip so quickly to name calling and he-said-she-said stuff, it is just demoralizing to think about where we are going as a country. The very definition of what it means to be on the outer edge of the spectrum or "in the middle" is probably why the recent focus has been on not the centrists, but on the radicals. I mean, if you are a centrist, you generally go with the flow, with what is 'normal' in your mind. People, no matter what they believe in, if they are passionate about one extreme or another, will be the most vocal. Seems like lately though, their sandwich boards got much bigger, throwing everything into a frenzy. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I got to thinking about this after something that was posted in another > thread. > > It would not surprise me if the left leaning crowd on this list viewed > me as 'right wing'. It would also not surprise me if the right leaning > crowd viewed me a 'left wing'. > > I will admit, I am all over the spectrum - for example. > > I am against gun control > I am for gay marriage > I am pro choice > I am for the death penalty > > I am sure there are other examples I could come up with... > > And as for how I feel about our presidents (past and present): > > I do not dislike Obama (even though I did not vote for him) > I did not dislike Bush (voted for him the first time, not the second) > I did not dislike Clinton (I voted for him once - voted for Perot the > other time) > I did not dislike Bush Sr. (I voted for him) > > The way I usually describe myself is as more of a centrist, or that I > am 'more conservative fiscally and more liberal socially' - if that > even makes sense. > > So, what would make some one 'right wing' or 'left wing'? > > > -- > Scott Stroz > --------------- > The DOM is retarded. > > http://xkcd.com/386/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316480 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
