"Maybe we just disagree on how to implement." That's such a great point. Often, the truth is that there's agreement on the reality of a challenge, transgression, or societal problem, but as individuals we hold differing perspectives on how we should manage or work with those challenges. Instead, we assume that other people feel 100% diff…
"Maybe we just disagree on how to implement." That's such a great point. Often, the truth is that there's agreement on the reality of a challenge, transgression, or societal problem, but as individuals we hold differing perspectives on how we should manage or work with those challenges. Instead, we assume that other people feel 100% different than we do on the issue, when it's actually a matter of different ideas of how we overcome challenges. It would serve us to recognize that we probably have a fair bit in common with people who we ALSO have bit of difference with.
This, in my mind, is our greatest hurdle. I've looked at tons of poll results from multiple places over multiple years. Believe it or not, our society has a supermajority position on 20 out of 30 issues. Mostly, we all want the same outcome. It's the transportation we use to get there that's the problem. When I get angry at "the other side," I try to remind myself that most people want the same things I do. However, I do not believe anyone in D.C. cares what we want, so we are going about it all the wrong way. If they did, aupermajority positions would even be problems. They'd be solved long ago.
"Maybe we just disagree on how to implement." That's such a great point. Often, the truth is that there's agreement on the reality of a challenge, transgression, or societal problem, but as individuals we hold differing perspectives on how we should manage or work with those challenges. Instead, we assume that other people feel 100% different than we do on the issue, when it's actually a matter of different ideas of how we overcome challenges. It would serve us to recognize that we probably have a fair bit in common with people who we ALSO have bit of difference with.
This, in my mind, is our greatest hurdle. I've looked at tons of poll results from multiple places over multiple years. Believe it or not, our society has a supermajority position on 20 out of 30 issues. Mostly, we all want the same outcome. It's the transportation we use to get there that's the problem. When I get angry at "the other side," I try to remind myself that most people want the same things I do. However, I do not believe anyone in D.C. cares what we want, so we are going about it all the wrong way. If they did, aupermajority positions would even be problems. They'd be solved long ago.