Maybe They Really Don't Understand Us

[jeff47]

7. It's really not that uncommon.

There's lots of people from every political persuasion who are only able to look at someone else's actions through their own political views. For example, on DU you get some Clinton supporters saying "...but she would win!" over and over again as if that's the only important thing. Or the recent "damn lazy kids not voting" threads.

Being able to look at politics from someone else's view requires listening to the other person. That a lot more work than assuming they're acting within your point of view. As an added bonus, keeping it within your point of view lets you assume those others are only motivated by evil or stupidity.