With equal blame going to all sides ... how many there are.Observe wrote: What we need, is to find common ground between opposites. This is what the political process is for, but for some reason, it seems to have become very dysfunctional.
And here is a good example of the dysfunctional. I don't know about other countries, but here in the US whenever this issue comes up it's very toxic, and there are barely anything represents a proper discussion. The pattern is always seem like this: this is my god given right and none of your concern matter, otherwise you are an "insert degenerate label of choice here". Specifically, I have seen people who support all equal right for transgenders, but they have issues/concern when it comes to the bathroom right. In my opinion, regardless of what side of the argument one is one, objectively those are valid concerns. Concerns that should be discussed and addressed. The problem is ... there is rarely any ground for that discussion in the first place, everyone hit the ground running yelling and labeling each others on the first step. Luckily, most public institution I visited had now installed a third option for the bathroom, so the silent majority with a cooler head prevail ... at least for now.... So The right of Transgenders to enter little girls bathrooms ...
The same-thing can be said about most other issues like immigrant. Either you are supporter of immigrant, or you are not, no in between is allowed, and everyone will be labelled appropriately. This is just something I come up to quantify the argument a bit, but for example, if I gonna break down where people stand on the issue it would be like this, in an certain order (ascending or descending is up to you to decide)
1 - Real Racism and Xenophobia: America belongs to the white, other races are a disease.
2 - Nationalist: American citizen comes first, everything else is second.
3 - Negative Cautious: Don't particular have anything against immigrants themselves, but worry the impact of an influx will have to the society.
4 - Neutral: don't particular care either way. If an immigrant come work for me it's a boon, if an immigrant took a job that could have been mine then it's bad, mileage varied.
5 - Positive Cautious: would like to help people in need, but only within reasonable capacity. Would prefer to see long term plan instead of spontaneous response.
6 - This nation is a country of refugee: we should do all we can and what we can to help, I'll do my part and hope to see everyone will do the same.
7 - The extreme: unless you are #6, then you are an "insert degenerate label here".
I had brought this up in the past, and it was quickly dismissed by the #7 because to them, there is no such thing as "valid concerns" when it comes to this issue. If you have any, than you are simply #1 and #2. And that means, there is no room for discussion or debate. And this lead to while there are a wide range of spectrum where the population scatter across, ultimately the narrative are controlled and driven by only the two most extreme outer edges, just like we're seeing now. Eventually, the #3 people are pushed toward and become #1 or #2. The #4 and #5 do not have anything to do with #1 or #2, but they are also rejected by #6 and #7 and in turn considered to be in the same lot as #1 and #2.
And people keeps wondering why the middle ground doesn't exist any more, it's because they're not even acknowledged.