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In reply to the discussion: Get One Thing Clear: NSA Domestic Spy Op Is FASCISM [View all]loyalsister
(13,390 posts)that we are not likely to get hit by a terrorist attack because of some of the national security measures that have been taken over the past 10 years?
I am well aware of the health care problems in this country.
I am willing to try to look at things from the point of view of policy makers because they are not going away. My personal opinions matter, but when dealing with very liberal representatives in a red state I learned that there is only so much they can do. Pretending they have the power to erase the conservative voters who help them get elected doesn't make it so.
It's great to be idealistic. I took that my way or the highway stance a few years ago. Then I started to realize that there are people who disagree with me and that they count. Seeing other people's points of view wouldn't destroy my values. And that getting only some of what I want is not the end of the world.