03-22-2018, 02:11 AM
(03-21-2018, 10:46 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: I don't like the recent red label of using 'American' to identify their own beliefs. I mean, I can disagree and agree with Eric, but he is no less or more American than Classic. I prefer the conservative or progressive labels. Especially on firearm policy, Classic will profess older values, Eric newer. This does not mean the values are more or less American, particularly.Bob, we have liberal communities and conservative communities within America. As general rule, a conservative community is smaller more closely bonded and tighter knit than the liberal community because the liberal community is larger and has more people coming and going than the conservative community which is why liberals have to preach what the conservatives practice on a regular basis.
Liberals will bind together to form strong communities. Conservatives will be ruggedly independent. Is it American to embrace one trend or the other? I think not. In the old days loners would sit on their own land and do their thing, but some of our great and memorable achievements required teamwork. I wouldn't care to say D-Day or the Moon Shot were not American.
As far as Eric and I go, we don't see eye to eye on any issue that involves America or its future. I do not view Eric as being much of an America. I do not view Eric as being much of a team player as far as America goes either. I've never viewed blues as being much as far as team players either. As long as blues remain the same blues, I don't see any possibility of bridging the divide that exists between blue and red America.
Other than a few great golf shots or a few great tennis matches and Olympic records in individual sports, I can't think of a major achievement or accomplishment that didn't involve a massive amount of team work.