Reply #15: Mirror image.. hmmm [View All]

[1awake]

Well, In some respects, to be painfully honest, DU at times can be a mirror image. Anyone who denies that is kidding themselves.

Fundamentalist - strict adherence to any set of basic ideas or principles.

That's a generic definition but it holds true. Both sides have Fundamentalists always trying to establish litmus tests. Both sides have those professing the evil of the other side, and how they deserve nothing less than a dark and lonely end. This is a fact, so yes, at times.. depending on the circumstances, the mirror description can be accurate.

But overall, we are not just the polar opposite. Saying that over simplifies things and places both camps on equal ground, which they are not. We tend to use many different names for ourselves, but in the end what makes progressives different than extreme conservatives is how we view the issues at hand. We are always trying to help others in its most basic sense. Extending rights, granting rights to those who have been denied equal treatment, looking out for those in need. Extreme conservatives are always trying to wrap their arms around specific things in a vain and false sense of protecting what they see as theirs. That in itself is NOT a mirror image, but a fundamental difference of fear for losing one's own "possessions", verses hope to stand up for others.

I am not that great of a writer when it comes to these things, but to me thats.. well.. what I think. (did any of this make sense??)