Why the Liberal/Conservative Split is also an urban/rural split

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34. Of course there are dumbasses. They're everywhere.

I have a coworker who recently told me that "There is no evidence for the Big Bang." He's a software engineer. You'd think he might know a bit of science. Another time he adamantly insisted that homosexuality is a choice. But I have intelligent debates with people who call themselves conservatives or libertarians. We have a lot more in common than they realize. They lack information and perspective. So, we talk. We fill in each other's perspectives until we can understand what our *real* differences are.

And there are plenty of liberals out here. But they hear crap like what you were spewing earlier and they throw up their hands or they turn to Libertarians or Greens in an effort to get a voice. When I talk to Texans about environmentalism, I talk to both liberals and conservatives and both want to conserve and protect the environment. But the media and other places distort those conversations into something unrecognizable to one side or the other and drive us apart.

It will take time but we need to pursue these conversations and keep pursuing them. I'm winnning. Bit by bit. One by one, I'm winning.