tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295297961169603838.post1518924261394744039..comments2024-03-27T09:32:51.954-07:00Comments on Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper: Liberals and Conservatives-- What Do These Words Even Mean?Donna Halperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709120386388369898noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295297961169603838.post-53297318573691511822016-11-25T21:30:06.869-08:002016-11-25T21:30:06.869-08:00Great post. These labels make me crazy. Labels a...Great post. These labels make me crazy. Labels are great when it comes to most things - we have to give stuff names to facilitate communication. We can't ask someone to kindly pass the salt if we haven't given that white, granular stuff a name we can all agree on. But when it comes to humans, labels are so tricky! I've asked people who have argued with me about politics "What's a liberal?" Once I got an answer. "Someone who wants to waste other people's money" was the gist of the reply. "Well, that's not me, so I guess I'm not a liberal" was my response. By the same token, I'm certain that most people who call themselves "conservative" don't really want to eliminate the wall between church & state or bring back slavery. These "teams" we have really waste energy. I'm as guilty as anyone of identifying with political labels, but we'd be better off without them. We'd probably find out we agree with most people on 90% of things. Then we could focus on bashing each other over the remainder. DVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12152165893473808971noreply@blogger.com