Recently, a fellow blogger wrote why she was supporting John McCain. She has since removed her post as some of her friends were upset by it.
I plan on voting for Barack Obama. So I think it is a fair statement to say we disagree. However, we have been emailing back and forth about politics. She sends me Michele Milkin items (I feel this blogger is very biased and spreads hate), I send her NY Times articles (she doesn’t trust anything from the Times). The nice thing? We are agreeing to disagree. We listen to each others’ concerns. We explain our point of view, but don’t expect the other to embrace it.
This is what we need in American Politics again. Civility. Adults discussing their veiwpoints while maintaining friendships. No people shouting "Kill him!", nobody calling Palin a MILP (mother I’d like to punch), no threats, just discussion
I agree absolutely. We need to be able to agree to disagree without the name calling. I’m a partisan so I will place some of the blame on the current administration, but it goes beyond that. We need to stop the hate, go back to civility and focus on teaching kids how to disagree without making it personal.
Freedom of speech starts with freedom of ideas . . . so I agree . . . we need to respect the views of those we disagree with.
Elections always seem to get ugly at this stage.