Show i Why the war between the Left and Right must end I 1 s Chris Cockrell Opinion Oon Writer I I i iI I The ridiculousness of i Americas America's political warI war I has reached a state of 4 inescapable intolerability On both sides sides Left Left and Right Liberal and andi i Conservative Democrat and Republican the Republican the true believers crouch like ravenous wolves ready to tear the opposition apart in ina a maelstrom of hatefulness that is disturbingly reminiscent of the sectarian conflict in the Middle East Conservatives stand in one wing full of passion and an unshakable belief that they have 4 been commanded by God to go forth into the world and fight to the death against gay rights abortion the socialized state and even global warming Yes somehow the existence existence or or lack thereof thereof thereof-of of a geological phenomenon has become something worth fighting over Commentators like Rush Limbaugh Anne Coulter and Glenn Beck are canonized by the far- far right faithful and they operate as little more than an ideological hit squad taking shots at those on the left from the comfort of the pages of ofa a book or a broadcast booth calling them un-American un mentally ill and godless Liberals meanwhile sit in their then ivory towers and Los Angeles condos scorning those who hold beliefs different from their own and claiming to be open-minded open while constructing a rigid and narrow belief system that absolutely must not be questioned In fact to question the left- left wing orthodoxy of the uselessness of religion th the absolute reality of global warming and the wickedness of corporate America is to invite the wrath of the party of compassion and tolerance Both sides cast the theother theother theother other as a plague upon the nation Merciless er eradication of their enemies it seems is the only solution Battle lines have been drawn and either the conservatives must get their theocracy or orthe orthe orthe the liberals must get their socialized state And for what The whole thing is a game for ups grown-ups and the players have taken sides in a system that they do not understand claiming allegiance to toa toa toa a political party that is nothing more than the yin or the yang of the whole that is the American political system It seems clear that many of those who choose to turn rum rabid over politics do so because ultimately they are satisfied by it That's understandable Human beings by nature need to have a sense of purpose Where would Glenn Beck and Bill Maher be without the right left-right divide Where even would the common everyday conservative or liberal f foot ot soldier be without it Lost and in hi need of another cause Its It's time that we choose to think for ourselves Dont Don't sell your soul to the Ds or the Rs or to any other letter of the alphabet Stop demonizing those who believe differently than you do and by all means do a little reading on the science behind how we form beliefs in the first place and remember that first and foremost we are all human So engage your fellow man Step outside of your comfortable bubble and talk with an evil liberal or conservative focusing not on the differences but rather on the common ground You never know you might just make a friend or two |