I have several Libs (not exactly lefty's) for frriends. Mostly they are folks who are wont to let their emotions run their belief system. One is an attorney who should know better but then he graduated from U of Mich Law in the 60's. Now all that isn't so bad, actually. They tolerate me, and I suspect when they have martini's with the local intelligencia, folks of my bent are laughed at and mocked. That's ok, cause the rest of my circle are conservative and we jab behind their backs, too. Also face to face, just to keep it honorable.
The sad part is that no one seems to be able to have a conversation anymore with any hope of giving some ground except on the conservative side. I notice most of us (conservatives) seem able to reason through some thoughts and actually agree from time to time that charity may be better than flaying and puting the poor on the rack. But, never, ever, does the other side ever be willing to consider that there might be two sides to a thing and perhaps there could be some middle ground.
It occurs to me that if there is polarization, it has come from the left not the right. The discouraging thing about that, is there is not a peacemaker on the left with respect to conservative thought. The only exception to that are some folks on the left that I think are dishonest or dishonorable about expressing their willingness to conceive of moderating their position.
So I guess I agree with the title of this thread, I would like to believe, but I have found that if I do, I am found, at the end of the day, to have been sucked in.
Gaahhhh!
