... and AA taught me how to be a better person than I was. And so it's often so hard for me to understand how people can be so awful to each other, so arrogant, so hateful, so selfish.
The reason why it is treated as a zero sum game is because every single thing is a zero sum game to republicans. If we expand rights to minorities, women, immigrants, etc., why, it must mean that we're taking something from them. THAT'S HOW THEY THINK. Lifting all boats means sinking theirs. They are not generous by nature; they are purely selfish, so they can't "give" an inch. Ever. Take abortion, for example. They want to ban it under every and all circumstances. No middle ground. They see food stamps as something taken FROM them. It's idiotic. No grey areas. They're too simple to understand any grey area.
Somehow they believe it compromises THEM to compromise (when it really does the opposite).
I think they are just not smart and can't conceive of a middle ground in anything. It's simpler to see black and white. You don't have to think. So naturally, they can't conceive of smarter gun restrictions, like no assault weapons (no one needs them), or raising the age limit. They automatically assume that even a narrow, specific assault weapons ban means no guns for anyone, ever. They are too stupid to see nuance and a middle ground.
Anyway, nice to meet another person in recovery! 
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