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<blockquote data-quote="Frederick" data-source="post: 2904316" data-attributes="member: 17825"><p>Americans are more united than you would be lead to believe. the difference between the right and the left in this country is actually a very slim difference, in reality. Communist and fascist parties do not even exist in this country. We argue about things like Homosexual 'marriage', gun rights, abortion, healthcare etc but in reality we are all very similar ideologically.</p><p></p><p>I think this article points it out well;</p><p><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/08/why-are-americans-so-ideologically-united/243951/" target="_blank">http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/08/why-are-americans-so-ideologically-united/243951/</a></p><p></p><p>"Americans have a national ideology, and it's called liberalism. This doesn't mean we are left-wing, it means we believe in a set of principles rooted in the ideas of John Locke: democracy, limited government, republicanism, self-determination, the rule of law, equal opportunity, and free expression. To be American is not to claim a particular ethnicity, but to profess the liberal creed. The Declaration of Independence set out a promise of human rights and equality that many Americans assume is universally desired, and serves to unleash the potential of the human spirit."</p><p></p><p>the media is driving us apart, talking heads and extremists. Those ideologues who are so convicted in their beliefs as to not be willing to concede any point to the opposition, or be willing to reach some sort of compromise are dangerous to this country, in my opinion. There will always be things we disagree on, i just hope we never forget we're Americans. After 9/11 or pearl harbor, no one was a republican or a democrat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frederick, post: 2904316, member: 17825"] Americans are more united than you would be lead to believe. the difference between the right and the left in this country is actually a very slim difference, in reality. Communist and fascist parties do not even exist in this country. We argue about things like Homosexual 'marriage', gun rights, abortion, healthcare etc but in reality we are all very similar ideologically. I think this article points it out well; [URL]http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/08/why-are-americans-so-ideologically-united/243951/[/URL] "Americans have a national ideology, and it's called liberalism. This doesn't mean we are left-wing, it means we believe in a set of principles rooted in the ideas of John Locke: democracy, limited government, republicanism, self-determination, the rule of law, equal opportunity, and free expression. To be American is not to claim a particular ethnicity, but to profess the liberal creed. The Declaration of Independence set out a promise of human rights and equality that many Americans assume is universally desired, and serves to unleash the potential of the human spirit." the media is driving us apart, talking heads and extremists. Those ideologues who are so convicted in their beliefs as to not be willing to concede any point to the opposition, or be willing to reach some sort of compromise are dangerous to this country, in my opinion. There will always be things we disagree on, i just hope we never forget we're Americans. After 9/11 or pearl harbor, no one was a republican or a democrat. [/QUOTE]
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