Congrats on being able to find common ground. It's easier said than done. Most of us are taught (very subtly) that the US is like Switzerland: If you look at each language, roughly half are Roman Catholic and half Protestant. If you look at religion, the languages are distributed in the same proportions as through the country as a whole.…
Congrats on being able to find common ground. It's easier said than done. Most of us are taught (very subtly) that the US is like Switzerland: If you look at each language, roughly half are Roman Catholic and half Protestant. If you look at religion, the languages are distributed in the same proportions as through the country as a whole. Therefore we all can get get along... cuz Merica.
Reality is for at least the past 30 years we've been much more Belgium: Most of the French speakers are Catholic and most of the Catholics speak French. Most Dutch speakers are Protestant and most Protestants speak Dutch.
If you ask a person his opinion about two or three issues, you can successfully predict his stance on a half dozen others at a rate way above statistical significance.
I.e., the states that went to Harris, the states with the highest Covid vaccine uptake, the highest mask use, states with marriage equality before it became federal law, pro-choice states etc., etc., ad nauseum are pretty much the same states.
I remember reading somewhere that the US has more of these parallel social cleavages than any other developed country.
So congrats again on your success. I agree we have to accept change and move on.
You said cleavage and I’m such a teenage boy today. CLEAVAGE!!! (Sorry…love the rest of what you said too. Me and my friend cussed AND discussed. But many F Bombs were dropped. Good thing we like each other. :-p
Congrats on being able to find common ground. It's easier said than done. Most of us are taught (very subtly) that the US is like Switzerland: If you look at each language, roughly half are Roman Catholic and half Protestant. If you look at religion, the languages are distributed in the same proportions as through the country as a whole. Therefore we all can get get along... cuz Merica.
Reality is for at least the past 30 years we've been much more Belgium: Most of the French speakers are Catholic and most of the Catholics speak French. Most Dutch speakers are Protestant and most Protestants speak Dutch.
If you ask a person his opinion about two or three issues, you can successfully predict his stance on a half dozen others at a rate way above statistical significance.
I.e., the states that went to Harris, the states with the highest Covid vaccine uptake, the highest mask use, states with marriage equality before it became federal law, pro-choice states etc., etc., ad nauseum are pretty much the same states.
I remember reading somewhere that the US has more of these parallel social cleavages than any other developed country.
So congrats again on your success. I agree we have to accept change and move on.
You said cleavage and I’m such a teenage boy today. CLEAVAGE!!! (Sorry…love the rest of what you said too. Me and my friend cussed AND discussed. But many F Bombs were dropped. Good thing we like each other. :-p