Just a Thought

I wonder if my liberalism has cornered me into not being able to compromise and get things done?

This is a thought that has been bouncing around my head of late, which also makes me think that I have become part of the problem instead of the solution. What I feel is important politically keeps becoming more and more redline, and unyielding, and my gut reaction is that I am being pushed this direction by the opposition, not that I want to go there.

Let’s use climate change as an example. An enormous issue that I feel demands immediate action, and if nothing else, we should make moves to stop making it worse. The conservative viewpoint is that it doesn’t exist… and this is where I say that I feel cornered, because where do I go? If the other side refuses to believe that the issue exists, how do I make progress? Thusly, in turn, I feel that I have to do more and be louder to make the issue be addressed, which in turn makes me less likely to engage with the other side. Wait… I think I just became a victim of my own issue…

Let me try this another way…

There is part of me that knows to get things done, I have work with different people who hold different viewpoints, and find common ground and consensus. Then at the same time, I want to give up and say that the other side will never agree with me, so I might as well go full blow for all of my convictions. At the end of the day, nothing gets done.