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Left Wing Vs. Right Wing
Where do you stand, or can you stay somewhere in the middle?
What side of the aisle do you sit on? Do you see yourself swinging more to the left, or more to the right? In relevance to issues, where do you stand on abortion, gun laws, white supremacy or any of the other contentious topics we face in society today? Many would call this politics, ideologies or simply a difference in opinion. I’d prefer to use the term, The Great Divide.
The battle of belief, ideas and ultimate power. That’s what this whole system has turned into. Two different forms of belief and ideas have evolved into a war of moral position and ethical standards. Each side blames the other for anything and absolutely everything. The left sees the right as Neo Nazi, confederate and racist old men who desire nothing more than a “White America”. While the right sees the left as socialists disguised as communists trying to take away their freedoms. Both sides seem rather drastic and disproportionate to what the reality is in how conservatives and liberals believe. However, this is the image far too many of us are sold upon, whatever side of the aisle we sit.
A great divide, one so great the media, in particular, would have you believe it is unreconcilable. The state of western society has been unbalanced for some time now. Not because one side is…
