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I'm trying to be true to my purpose and not have too many fights about specific political incidents (though naturally I'm falling into it a bit anyway anyway) so let's just say if I don't respond about a point you made about very specific incident that's not meant to be ceding the field and...

What I have bolded is a fascinating statement and maybe the answer to the question I think I have at the core of all of this. "Why aren't conservatives more angry at their politicians for not passing laws to do the stuff they want to do and make the world like they want it to be made and make...

I feel like increasing funding to the IRS should be an "easy give" for the right, because it's something that leftists want that is clearly within the remit of the federal government, and even if it doesn't raise much more money (and it might) would at least have the salutary effect of making...

Thanks for the reply. Thank you for the list. As with the other response I've got, it's very different from my view of what major priorities are, regardless of the merit of the proposals. I'll respond on a few: 2. I think it's more the so-called "Washington consensus" (AKA "the Blob") that...

Thanks for the reply. I seem to be getting this response a lot. Do you think there are any areas of common culture remaining where both sides can agree on what the problem even is, so they're arguing about how to fix it rather than identity of the problem? "Corporations have too much power"...

I'll see what I can do. I have often thought in my heart that if I were born outside the United States and saw a chance for a better life for myself inside it, I would illegally immigrate without hesitation if I saw a way I could get away with it. I wouldn't feel in the least bad about it...

Thanks for the response! Wish I knew how to fix it.

Thanks for the reply! This response has been very consistent. I'm not sure what if anything is to be done about it. Are there proposed bills in Congress to reduce the power of the state and specific federal agencies that you support and advocate for? I completely agree that there are...

Thanks for the response! I feel that this is a very unfortunate perception in one important way. The media and entertainment industry is obviously much more concerned with questions of values than of public policy and laws and trade-offs and benefits. So it's true that left wing values are...

Thanks for the response. As I understand it, the cultural dominance of leftists viewpoints makes efforts to understand leftists* less necessary in determining how to engage with them? *By the way, I've generally been trying to use "leftist" rather than "liberal" because nobody seems to agree...

Thank you, I'm trying to be aware of the echo chamber I myself might be in, and of course for at least a couple of these questions I'm framing it in a, "this is what I hear, but what does the other side think" manner. One of the things is that threads are naturally usually about specific...

Yeah, first post here. Sorry. So look, most of the places I hang out on the internet have a strong leftist bent. And usually that's fine, leftist views are more in line with my personal politics. The thing is, often issues come up where I think to myself, "I'd really like to know what the...