Dear Liza,
In all the time I have known you, I’ve always thought of you
as a second mother and you were the one with the more drastic views in life.
You have always told your own children and I, that life should be free and that
we need to find our own happiness because we live in a society where it is
dangerous to be different. I have always taken to heart all the teachings that
my parents, you and other important people in my life have imparted onto me,
but at the same time as I grew up I learned to question these teachings and see
if I believe them the same way and with the help of your son we decided that we
didn’t think that all the teachings were right. We believe that society, as a
whole would excel if we could get rid of the far extremes of liberal and
conservative. From our reasoning if we got rid of the extremes, what we are
then left with are: open-minded conservatives who can compromise or at least
can understand the reasons for some kind of change, and liberals who have more
pride in their nation and get the drive to want to create change in the ways
that they need to be. I know I’m biased from the way I grew up and I’ll always
tend to agree with liberals but I think society would be able to move forward
if we stop bickering between two separate political powers fighting just
because it makes them look good, instead of fighting for the people they
represent.
The two sides on paper look like they keep each other in
balance, but in reality all the political powers do is bicker and try to take
the opponent down with slander and yellow journalism. The conservatives take
the side of the individual, pumps them full of information that takes most of
its leads from the bible. The liberals are all about the community and making
it a better place for everyone rather than yourself.
Conservatives, stand of the side of the individual giving
them more rights and if they’re the same as the mass population than all the
more power to them. Many conservatives believe that gay marriage, abortion, and
gun control should be illegal. I think that they come to these conclusions
because they feel scared that someone is trying to take away something they
hold dear such as specific laws or laws from their religion. They tend to make
a bigger fit about whatever the issue is and that seems like it can be very
effective because they make people see their side more and more, but the
downfall of the conservative way of thinking is, they think in terms of
personal gain and religion which makes they’re decisions to be extreme because
all through out history when someone’s personal and/or religious views are
challenged (even in a discussion setting), people tend to over-react and act
defensively.
We as humans want to fight; we want contests to see who is
right or better, its evident in every society, even in animals. We want to
outshine the others and be noticed as an alpha. For a better, more efficient
society we need to stop the fighting (at least when it comes to important
subjects like political gain and the economy), so we as a culture can
compromise, agree and get on with other issues instead of fighting and
attacking because a view on something is different.
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