The Liberal Immune System

 

"America is now an uncharacteristically uncertain place. Abroad it seems unsure of who its friends and enemies are. At home there are too many imponderables: over how the health bill will play out in practice; over what might happen to energy prices if carbon-pricing is resurrected via executive action; most of all, over what Mr Obama can do about those yawning deficits. People do not like uncertainty; so if Americans are angry, it is hardly surprising." The Economicist

How do we change the problems our nation faces? Is it the fault of the Republicans or the Democrats? In all truth its a little of both. It would be fitting to see the solutions to our nations problems come from both sides of the political spectrum. However as it stands now compromise is not  the method of American democracy. Having debated people from all side of the spectrum, it is fun to see how close minded the "open minded" people are. From my experiences in academia and on the campaign trail, the majority of the left will in no way entertain or even discuss the ideas of the other side. The majority of the liberal people i have talked with have an almost Immune like response to outside information. If you ever suggest anything counter to there values they reject the view almost instantaneously. In class if you challenge the teacher, your instantly crazy or a racist. If you talk about the founding fathers or less taxes, your instantly labeled a "Teabagger". I find it funny that the left preach open mindedness, but as soon as something counter to there beliefs come to their mind the Liberal immune system kicks in.

As the magazine The Economist stated we need change.  As we enter uncharted waters of our future we have to be open to other ideas of how to best remedy the situation we are in. As it stands now the left will not compromise or consider the idea of free markets or less taxes that  that are being promoted by the liberation and conservative movements. Instead the try to whip out any notion of opposition just like the body does to a virus.