One of the most hardworking people I knew personally was a gigantic socialist - go figure. I mean, he was always working or searching for work! He was also a very masculine man - not some "limp-wrist" that is stereotyped as being left-wing. Anyway, then again, he is British - and it's the American left-wing that has went pro-cultural left - well, at least more (I think that's the case.).
STOP PRESS.... one individual doesn't fit the stereotype. Hold the front page folks, this one could be huge.
Funny how that works really. I remember some years back a friend and I were known among our social circle to hold very different political views. Several people wanted us to debate politics but we never got around to it. One time we both agreed that we would, set a few basic ground rules (i.e. address the argument not the person etc). Still, some among our circle practically expected blood to flow by the end of it all. They were in for a disappointment, it turned out that despite our apparently hugely opposing viewpoints we had similar opinions about what was wrong and just disagreed on how best to address things, and actually when we scratched the surface had vastly more in common than anyone (us included) had expected.
Sure, we still have major disagreements on what should be done, how it should be done, and who should be doing it and paying for it, but it really was remarkable to see that even our apparently vast political differences largely faded when we got to talking in detail. The trouble today is that it seems so many would rather just slap a label on someone so they can be discounted. You know - the person wearing a MAGA hat is probably some kind of inbred retard who can safely be ignored, and the person debating whether to vote Warren or Sanders is probably a communist who won't be satisfied until we're calling each other Comrade. It seems to be an effect of learning what to think rather than learning how to think.
