I’ve finally figured out what bugs me so much about many conservatives: they’re so damn sure of everything. Everything is black or white, good or evil, with no greys or muddled intentions intruding. This is so contrary to our everyday experience with the world that it makes what they say all that much more absurd. Communism: bad; Capitalism: good. Abortion: bad; Capital punishment: good. Case closed, end of story. And it spreads eventually to everyone around them: agree with me, you’re OK. Disagree with me, you’re a foolish bastard. Conservatism seems to breed a sort of “my way or the highway” mentality, a hardness, that I find particularly difficult to stomach.
Me, I’m not sure of a lot of things (other than that I need to lose a few pounds). But I’m willing to learn, to discuss, to consider. That’s what life’s all about, isn’t it?