The answer is clear: I think we all agree.

[FunkyTown]

I am extremely passionate about your political issue.

It's clear from the facts at hand that our beliefs completely coincide with said political issue. I cannot believe that in this day and age, in the age of the internet and the information superhighway, that some people are so ignorant that they don't understand how clearly correct your viewpoint is on this issue.

If people on the other side of this issue would simply stop and think and not allow their own biases and media choice to dictate their beliefs, they clearly would come to the same conclusion that you and I did.

The answer is simple and it's well within our power to defeat this issue if only we had the support of other clear-thinking individuals. Unfortunately, the media's ability to spin things means that anybody on the other side will only be spoon-fed the things that make them comfortable.

It is maddening that your political issue is not resolved today and right now, when the causes and solution are so clear. We need to open up our dialogue to free those in the media bubble of the other side before it is too late!

Those on the other side are clearly on the wrong side of history, failing to grasp the simple truths that allowed you and I to come to the same conclusion.

If only we could reach in to their safe bubble and show them truth, they would clearly reach the exact same conclusions as you and I. This issue is too important to ignore! It is our duty to stand up and educate the world about how right our side is.

The alternative is too horrible to contemplate.

 

[Guest LiterateParakeet]

Bahahaha!  I love it.  So true that whatever the issue both sides feel just like this.  But my side is THE right one, or I wouldn't be on it! 

[Guest]

Wait... What?

[The Folk Prophet]

There is only one right side. And that is God's.

[Vort]

There is only one right side. And that is God's.

 

And I can hardly be held to blame that He agrees with me.

[Backroads]

If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

[Guest]

This makes more sense than anything I've read all day.

[Maureen]

I agree with anatess......what?

 

M.

[Guest LiterateParakeet]

There is only one right side. And that is God's.

 

Right, and I am on His side.  

[Crypto]

I don't know what type of media you've been listening to lately, but this is all a lot of baloney. Stop listening to what they are telling you to think.

[2ndRateMind]

Seems to me, that if we all agree, we are all bound to be wrong! The management guru, Peter Drucker, in 'The Effective Executive' cites the case of a chairman of the board who refused to make a decision until the board had disagreed about the topic. Until then, he could not be sure that every avenue had been explored and evaluated.

 

The philosopher JS Mill makes a similar point in his essay 'On Liberty', when he talks about 'dead dogma'. For Mill, discussion brings a subject to life, and ensures that it is understood, and the reasoning behind it is understood. For Mill, no discussion = dead dogma = no understanding.

 

So, let's let our disagreements abound, and run loose, and resolve them individually according to our knowledge, reason and conscience, as seems to each of us to be the best of solutions to the problem at hand.

 

Best wishes, 2RM.

Edited December 6, 2014 by 2ndRateMind

[theSQUIDSTER]

I am extremely passionate about your political issue.

It's clear from the facts at hand that our beliefs completely coincide with said political issue. I cannot believe that in this day and age, in the age of the internet and the information superhighway, that some people are so ignorant that they don't understand how clearly correct your viewpoint is on this issue.

If people on the other side of this issue would simply stop and think and not allow their own biases and media choice to dictate their beliefs, they clearly would come to the same conclusion that you and I did.

The answer is simple and it's well within our power to defeat this issue if only we had the support of other clear-thinking individuals. Unfortunately, the media's ability to spin things means that anybody on the other side will only be spoon-fed the things that make them comfortable.

It is maddening that your political issue is not resolved today and right now, when the causes and solution are so clear. We need to open up our dialogue to free those in the media bubble of the other side before it is too late!

Those on the other side are clearly on the wrong side of history, failing to grasp the simple truths that allowed you and I to come to the same conclusion.

If only we could reach in to their safe bubble and show them truth, they would clearly reach the exact same conclusions as you and I. This issue is too important to ignore! It is our duty to stand up and educate the world about how right our side is.

The alternative is too horrible to contemplate.

If this were Facebook, all you would need to add to this is: "Post this if you agree. I'll bet 95% of you won't..."

I just love it when people try and beat others into submission to their viewpoint.. And guilt anybody else who may already be on their side, but who still might not be "passionate" enough about it..

[paulsifer42]

YOU are the one who has been spoonfed about said political problem.  If you'd stop listening to the media outlet that I believe ALWAYS lies about EVERYTHING, then you'd figure out how wrong you were.  Please go to these article links that I know you won't go to HERE and HERE.  These succinctly show just how wrong you are, so long as you are in my mindset when you read them.  I don't mean to offend you here, but you are clearly wrong.  Open your eyes about said political problem.

[Backroads]

I can't believe the mods tolerate such perspectives!

[paulsifer42]

I can't believe the mods tolerate such perspectives!

 

Did you read the articles I linked?  My perspective is not only valid, but superior to all others.  The mods are smart enough to recognize that.