If two people have extreme opposite political views, can this relationship work? (marry, love)
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Honestly, I cannot imagine two totally different political viewpoints working in a relationship.
I'm define myself as a Centrist but I lean Libertarian in many issues. I cannot gel in a relationship with a hyper-liberal or a backwards conversative.
And we would be the majority even though you couldn't tell by the most vocal groups on the extremes.
1) As far as the business community is concerned, taxes will never be low enough. It makes no difference what the actual tax rate is; businesses are always going to say they are overtaxed. That is because what they really want is to have an effective tax rate of zero AND to get public subsidies on top of that. That's what they consider "free enterprise."
2) Our military is already many orders of magnitude larger than those of the next 30 countries with the largest militaries, the vast majority of whom are allies, not enemies.
3) What do you think of the Citizens United decision, which declared corporations are the same as people? That is the most outrageous bit of so-called "judicial activism" in recent US history, and most Republicans support it.
4) The kind of "border control" some people want is pure fantasy. You'd have to stop, and search, every car, every truck, every container entering the US from Mexico. You'd have to interdict every plane landing in the US and track every single foreign passenger. You'd have to build, and guard, a virtual Maginot Line across 2000 miles open desert. The cost of all that would be crippling. Plus, those measures would basically shut down US-Mexico trade, which would be even more crippling. You can't have it both ways. You cannot expect a free northward flow of eggplants and avocados without also having a free northward flow of unauthorized workers and marijuana.
I know there are always exceptions to the rules, I am only talking about the majority of the cases.
Let's say I am a registered Republican (and I am) I WILL never shove my political views down to anybody's throat. I am not an agenda pusher and I am not into great debates.
However, Let's say my date is an extreme Liberal Democrate, and he has very different political views, what is the likelihood for this relationship to work?
In theory, as long as two people are respectful towards each other, things can work out, but in practice, what is the outcome for this couple?
I think the opposites attract line is bogus. I wouldn't recommend anyone with extremely different political views would ever get along. It's bound to come up sooner or later.
I think the opposites attract line is bogus. I wouldn't recommend anyone with extremely different political views would ever get along. It's bound to come up sooner or later.
So? Let's replay the dinner conversation I had the other night with my wife.
She and I had the same basic conversation we've been having for 22 years. She expresses her point of view while I listen, then I express my point of view while she listens. Then we say, "Oh, well, we'll have to agree to disagree." Then we turn to planning our four day weekend in New Orleans where we'll eat well, toodle around Bourbon Street, and hopefully make lotsa whoopie where the kids can't hear.
I mean, how hard could this possibly be for mature adults?
Mary Matalin and James Carville -- real world example
Not as much as most people think. Both are hired guns for their respective parties, and Carville has worked for Republicans in the past. There's no way of knowing what their personal political beliefs are because publicly proclaiming anything that's out-of-step with their respective employers would be career suicide.
So? Let's replay the dinner conversation I had the other night with my wife.
She and I had the same basic conversation we've been having for 22 years. She expresses her point of view while I listen, then I express my point of view while she listens. Then we say, "Oh, well, we'll have to agree to disagree." Then we turn to planning our four day weekend in New Orleans where we'll eat well, toodle around Bourbon Street, and hopefully make lotsa whoopie where the kids can't hear.
I mean, how hard could this possibly be for mature adults?
Not as much as most people think. Both are hired guns for their respective parties, and Carville has worked for Republicans in the past. There's no way of knowing what their personal political beliefs are because publicly proclaiming anything that's out-of-step with their respective employers would be career suicide.
exactly!
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