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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 support the traditional definition of “marriage” as the legal union of one man and one woman, and we believe that federal judges and bureaucrats should not force states to recognize other living arrangements as marriages. We do not believe sexual preference should be given special legal protection or standing in law” (Republican Platform adopted at GOP National Convention Aug 12, 2000). They seem to take the side of choosing to take away the rights of someone that doesn’t quite fit into the cookie cutter version of people that the conservative’s like to project to the general public.

On the complete other side the liberals, side with that of society. They try to make things better for all of society making everything better not just the betterment of a small group of people. “We support the right of all families to have equal respect, responsibilities, and protections under the law. We support marriage equality and support the movement to secure equal treatment under law for same-sex couples. We also support the freedom of churches and religious entities to decide how to administer marriage as a religious sacrament without government interference”(2012 Democratic Party Platform Sep 4, 2012). Unfortunately their fatal flaw is that they don’t make as big of a deal as the conservatives do because they don’t feel like their beliefs are being attacked thus making them not feel defensively and people who are being defensive are much more prone to lash out, attack, and fight because they feel like there is no way out of a situation without attacking.

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.

Liza, I thought of you when I started thinking of this and how it could help you in the future. In my mind we can achieve this by talking to the people around us and spread the knowledge of what could be in society, instead of all of this fighting.

With good intentions,

Eli Sierra-Trustman

Works Cited

"Democratic Party in 2012 Democratic Party Platform." 2012 Democratic Party Platform Adopted by Democratic National Convention. N.p., 8 Sept. 2012. Web. 26 May 2013.

"Republican Party in 2000 Republican Party Platform." 2000 Republican Party Platform. N.p., 29 Sept. 2012. Web. 26 May 2013.