Yeah. People who are strongly aligned with Democrats or Republicans tend to see the "other side" as monolithic. Truth is that there are a whole lot of us who do not fit those stereotypes. I was an independent who once was a registered Republican. I did not join the Democratic Party because I realized that I did not want to enlist in what was good for the party organization. It was very difficult for me, knowing that Hillary Clinton could be a competent president, but at the same time being aware of the fact that she was a horrible politician, ever to get on the Hillary train other than to vote for her as the vastly better alternative to Donald Trump. Still, I thought it was mistake for the DNC to back her. Problem was that she had a lock on the DNC organization and was not going to sit idly by while an outsider took the nomination from her.Doctor CamNC4Me wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 2:48 am“I think the problem with Conservatives is they pretty much have a sort of monolithic view of Democrats or Liberals because they themselves have a sort of monolithic view to their ideology. Here in America free market deregulation is GOP capitalism. Republicans worship that form of capitalism ...”, and it’s their God. And their God is hungry for more, more, more until It’s consumed everything, even the consumers themselves. Sad.
- Doc
That is the kind of garbage I have problems with. There is an organization mentality that is difficult for individuals to overcome or stand back from. There are those who find the organizational point of view easy to fall in line with for what they perceive to be the greater good. I have been told more than once that someone who perceived I was on their side said to me, "Well, we know that this is a big problem, but we can't acknowledge it." In other words, for the organization, you must wink at certain things. One of my glaring character flaws is that such winks do not sit well with me, and so I have a hard time joining teams.