TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY ISLAMIC TERRORISTS DESPISE AMERICAN PATRIOTS IS LIKE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY RIGHT WING REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVES DESPISE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PROGRESSIVES. IT REALLY MAKES NO SENSE, BUT THERE IT IS.

I AM CONSTANTLY AMAZED AT THE LEVEL OF VILE THAT FLOWS OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF CONSERVATIVES TOWARDS LIBERALS ON POLITICAL POSTS IN FACEBOOK COMMENTS. THERE IS AN ACTUAL, VISCERAL HATE AND DISGUST.

JUST AS THE TERRORISTS WOULD HAVE US LIVE IN THE 13TH CENTURY, IN THE SAND, DUST, AND BLOOD OF A WORLD LONG GONE, IT SEEMS THAT CONSERVATIVES WANT TO STOP ALL HUMAN PROGRESS AND RETURN THE AMERICAN CIVILIZATION TO ANOTHER TIME FROM OUR PAST. WHILE LIBERALS WANT A SOCIETY THAT’S CONSTANTLY EVOLVING FOR THE GOOD OF HUMANKIND, THE MERE WORD “EVOLVE” SENDS SHIVERS OF DISGUST UP CONSERVATIVE’S SPINES. WE DON’T SEEM TO SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE.

NO ONE KNOWS HOW WE’LL BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE RADICAL ISLAMISTS AND AMERICAN EXCEPTUALISM. I CAN’T HELP BUT FEEL AS IF THE GAP BETWEEN OUR CONSERVATIVES AND OUR LIBERALS MAY BE EVEN MORE DIFFICULT THAN THAT TO BRIDGE… 🙁