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Apr 28, 2019 16:44:36   #
maryjane
 
Manning345 wrote:
Multiple Cultures and Factions Prevail.

Our culture is sliced up into many pieces or factions; so much so that the common elements are very few. Consider the following slices and dices among many:

Rich Man/ Poor Man

Democrat/Republican

Democrat/Conservative

Democrat/Progressive

Liberal/Conservative

Liberal/Progressive

Republican/Conservative

Republican/Progressive
Democratic/Libertarian

Republican/Libertarian

Radical Right/Radical Left

Educated/Uneducated

White collar/Blue Collar

Religion I/Religion II/Etc.

Religious/Non-Religious

Christian/Atheist

Christian/Non-Christian

Truth Teller/Habitual Liar

Patriot/Non-Patriot

Elite/Non-Elite

Givers/Takers

Ethical/Unethical

Moral/Immoral

Cultural Snob/Cultural Boor

Pro-America/Anti-America

Intelligent/Unintelligent

Strong/Weak

Military Experience/No Military Experience

Pride in Birth Area 1/Pride in Area 2,3...n

Ordinary Citizen/ Elite Citizen

Ordinary Citizen/Politician

Ordinary Citizen/Congressman

Ordinary Citizen/ Entrepreneurial

Leader/Follower

Statist/Federalist

Federated Republican/Collectivist, or Humanist, or Socialist or Communist (who adopted the term "Progressive" to disguise their affiliation, which is becoming more and more obvious every day!)

Management/Workers

Business Man/Others

Citizen Today/Citizen Past/Citizen Tomorrow

Lawyer/Citizen

Fluent in English/Not Fluent in English

Born American/Immigrant/Illegal Immigrant

Upstanding Citizen/Criminal


And all shades in between, with many gradations and combinations!

It is little wonder that we continuously have serious conflicts, clashes in beliefs, and ultimately nasty invective between opposing views, particularly when beliefs run so strongly, often challenging deeply held religious, emotional, inherited or reasoned beliefs! Many times the opposition uses unfair tactics to shut the citizen up and denigrate him, hoping to send him away.

We are a multicultural hodge-podge living our separate very uniquely human lives, and many, many different lifestyles, but held together socially by at least eight or so very strong beliefs and common goals:
The value of strength in numbers;
the rule of law;
the joys of our freedoms;
The economic system;
the best place to raise our children;
the opportunities for betterment,
a compelling work ethic, and in,
the love of this country. (There are more reasons, of course…)

All of our diverse cultural components contribute to a peculiar synthesis one might call an “American Culture,” but if examined closely, it quickly dissolves into some or even all of its constituent or factional parts, and even harkens back to quite different historical origins and allegiances. I suppose that if there must be such factions, it is a real blessing to have so many factions that their opinions and strengths tend to cancel each other out!

How many discussions or arguments between two people have been completely biased by their opposing factional belief systems, preventing any mutual understandings? For that matter, do we know all of the factions and ideologies our adversaries hold close? Most likely not!

The remarkable thing is that this federated, democratic, republican form of national government, with its written Constitution as the Law of the Land, has successfully held together for nearly 240 years, despite many sweeping ideological differences along the way. The differences have persisted to this day and have again become a serious divisive force in the nation.

It is time for those who believe in America, its Constitution, its common laws and its founding principles to stand up and fight for them!
Multiple Cultures and Factions Prevail. br br Our... (show quote)


The problem is that, today, there seems to be millions of Americans that do NOT adhere to the commonalities you listed. I, especially, challenge love of country since every single day I see/hear evidence of the contrary from Americans.

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Apr 28, 2019 23:47:46   #
Manning345 Loc: Richmond, Virginia
 
maryjane wrote:
The problem is that, today, there seems to be millions of Americans that do NOT adhere to the commonalities you listed. I, especially, challenge love of country since every single day I see/hear evidence of the contrary from Americans.


You are quite right! The most scary factor seems to be real hate for the America Way and the American culture we have cobbled together over 240 years.

Much of this denial of our Way must be attributed to the progressive education our children have been mind-changed to by the radical left. This factor is considered in the Progressive opposites I illustrated, although not explicitly identified.

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Apr 29, 2019 00:27:42   #
maximus Loc: Chattanooga, Tennessee
 
Sew_What wrote:
I guess you don't know who the singer is: It is Andrea Bocelli


He's fantastic!

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Apr 29, 2019 00:39:25   #
maximus Loc: Chattanooga, Tennessee
 
Manning345 wrote:
Multiple Cultures and Factions Prevail.

Our culture is sliced up into many pieces or factions; so much so that the common elements are very few. Consider the following slices and dices among many:

Rich Man/ Poor Man

Democrat/Republican

Democrat/Conservative

Democrat/Progressive

Liberal/Conservative

Liberal/Progressive

Republican/Conservative

Republican/Progressive
Democratic/Libertarian

Republican/Libertarian

Radical Right/Radical Left

Educated/Uneducated

White collar/Blue Collar

Religion I/Religion II/Etc.

Religious/Non-Religious

Christian/Atheist

Christian/Non-Christian

Truth Teller/Habitual Liar

Patriot/Non-Patriot

Elite/Non-Elite

Givers/Takers

Ethical/Unethical

Moral/Immoral

Cultural Snob/Cultural Boor

Pro-America/Anti-America

Intelligent/Unintelligent

Strong/Weak

Military Experience/No Military Experience

Pride in Birth Area 1/Pride in Area 2,3...n

Ordinary Citizen/ Elite Citizen

Ordinary Citizen/Politician

Ordinary Citizen/Congressman

Ordinary Citizen/ Entrepreneurial

Leader/Follower

Statist/Federalist

Federated Republican/Collectivist, or Humanist, or Socialist or Communist (who adopted the term "Progressive" to disguise their affiliation, which is becoming more and more obvious every day!)

Management/Workers

Business Man/Others

Citizen Today/Citizen Past/Citizen Tomorrow

Lawyer/Citizen

Fluent in English/Not Fluent in English

Born American/Immigrant/Illegal Immigrant

Upstanding Citizen/Criminal


And all shades in between, with many gradations and combinations!

It is little wonder that we continuously have serious conflicts, clashes in beliefs, and ultimately nasty invective between opposing views, particularly when beliefs run so strongly, often challenging deeply held religious, emotional, inherited or reasoned beliefs! Many times the opposition uses unfair tactics to shut the citizen up and denigrate him, hoping to send him away.

We are a multicultural hodge-podge living our separate very uniquely human lives, and many, many different lifestyles, but held together socially by at least eight or so very strong beliefs and common goals:
The value of strength in numbers;
the rule of law;
the joys of our freedoms;
The economic system;
the best place to raise our children;
the opportunities for betterment,
a compelling work ethic, and in,
the love of this country. (There are more reasons, of course…)

All of our diverse cultural components contribute to a peculiar synthesis one might call an “American Culture,” but if examined closely, it quickly dissolves into some or even all of its constituent or factional parts, and even harkens back to quite different historical origins and allegiances. I suppose that if there must be such factions, it is a real blessing to have so many factions that their opinions and strengths tend to cancel each other out!

How many discussions or arguments between two people have been completely biased by their opposing factional belief systems, preventing any mutual understandings? For that matter, do we know all of the factions and ideologies our adversaries hold close? Most likely not!

The remarkable thing is that this federated, democratic, republican form of national government, with its written Constitution as the Law of the Land, has successfully held together for nearly 240 years, despite many sweeping ideological differences along the way. The differences have persisted to this day and have again become a serious divisive force in the nation.

It is time for those who believe in America, its Constitution, its common laws and its founding principles to stand up and fight for them!
Multiple Cultures and Factions Prevail. br br Our... (show quote)


You know, you can boil most of those opposites down to the basics, good and evil. I'm not saying that liberals are evil, but some of their ideology IS. When a baby has a heart beat and jumps back from pain, it's evil to tear it apart to get 'rid" of it like a wart or a cancer. Why on earth raise cane about children of illegal border crossers being separated from their parents while they are in jail for BREAKING OUR LAWS1 while they KILL their own babies in a horrible and painful way. That ideology is evil.

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Apr 29, 2019 01:52:18   #
Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX
 
maximus wrote:
You know, you can boil most of those opposites down to the basics, good and evil. I'm not saying that liberals are evil, but some of their ideology IS. When a baby has a heart beat and jumps back from pain, it's evil to tear it apart to get 'rid" of it like a wart or a cancer. Why on earth raise cane about children of illegal border crossers being separated from their parents while they are in jail for BREAKING OUR LAWS1 while they KILL their own babies in a horrible and painful way. That ideology is evil.
You know, you can boil most of those opposites dow... (show quote)



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Apr 29, 2019 02:14:05   #
Manning345 Loc: Richmond, Virginia
 
maximus wrote:
You know, you can boil most of those opposites down to the basics, good and evil. I'm not saying that liberals are evil, but some of their ideology IS. When a baby has a heart beat and jumps back from pain, it's evil to tear it apart to get 'rid" of it like a wart or a cancer. Why on earth raise cane about children of illegal border crossers being separated from their parents while they are in jail for BREAKING OUR LAWS1 while they KILL their own babies in a horrible and painful way. That ideology is evil.
You know, you can boil most of those opposites dow... (show quote)


Good and Evil was the underlying theme of my paper, somewhat disguised. I do agree that the ideology of liberals and especially progressives, are both flat out evil.

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