Reply #81: I guess I have not been clear, because that is not my point [View All]

[pmbryant]

Dismissing the concept of "red states" and "blue states" as I am doing is absolutely not dismissing the concept of vastly different political views held by different people.

People are not states.

As I said in the original post, the labels of red and blue are dependent upon the voting choices of a small fraction of the population in the vast majority of states. Even apparent lopsided states such as Texas.

You're right, nothing I'm saying here will turn the pendulum back. But at least it will stop pushing it farther in the wrong direction.

As the saying goes, when you're in a hole, first stop digging.

--Peter