Reading your story reminds me of the book "Don't Think of an Elephant" That book does a really good job of explaining the mindsets or "Frames" that give Conservative Republicans and Progressives such very different mind sets. It explains, for instance, how the word "freedom" means completely different things to Conservative Republicans and Progressives.
It can get frustrating trying to dialogue with folks who simply do not see the world the same way we do. We can't give up, though.
Steven Webster
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