07-05-2016, 12:13 PM
(07-05-2016, 12:41 AM)taramarie Wrote: Reds and libs have told me blues are authoritarians on different issues. Thing is neither is listening so nothing will be done. Some of them would also say they value life too and some blues don't (abortion). For me personally, I do not like guns. Never have, never will. I have never touched a gun in my life and distrust anyone with one. Reason being is the culture i was brought up in. Illegal to carry guns here and you never see a gun anywhere here. To me it means defense is up and an area is dangerous. (My reaction when i went to South Africa.) It means danger to me. As to abortion it should be the decision of the parents, or if a rape case; the mother as she has to live with the actions against her. No matter the thoughts of outsiders it should be her decision. However my first comments are to address what is being said on the other side. If blues do not listen to reds, why should they listen to you? That has lead to extremism, anger and polarization, as well as other reasons of course.
Dear, New Zealand is beautiful place with very interesting cultures.
It does, however, have a population that is half that of my city. And on the world stage, it is a backwater, a beautiful, backwater, but still a backwater. My city (NYC), my state (the Empire State), and my country (USA), on the other hand, is, well, you know.
If we're looking for advice on sheep shearing, well, maybe (I think some guys in Wyoming won the last world contest). If I'm looking for how, as a deep Blue, to handle the Reds here in my own country, I think I might look elsewhere - Luxembourg perhaps?