Warning: What follows is personal opinion.

As I read and listen and watch the ebb and flow of political discourse, it becomes more and more MY OPINION is that the biggest difference between the left and right is the ability to deal with reality. What I mean by that is that to the left, brilliance is the ability to analyze text, feelings, speech and draw conclusions resulting in more text, speech, and feelings. None of these things affect the flow of “real” things. Leftists see a fire. They feel that the fire should be put out. They decide to address the issue with others to see if they agree. Whose fault is it that there is a fire. Everyone get together and vote for the fire to stop. Pass legislation, the fire is getting bigger. Make it illegal for fire to burn. Oh wait, too late. The house is gone. Oh well, at least we are sad that happened. Let’s put on a play on this and we have made fires illegal, so we have that going for us.

Rightists(?) analyze events by looking at what is occurring (a fire), identifying concrete goals (put out the fire), looking for ways to put out the fire (get a bucket of water), and then throwing the bucket of water on the fire. Create a company to make fire extinguishers for everybody to purchase to fight future fires and retire on the profits.

I know I’m not stating this in an elegant fashion, but the chasm between right and left is bothering me more and more. I truly believe that left(?) to their own devices, the left will die out, but unfortuately they will cause a lot of pain and sorrow as they go.