So we discussed different blogs in class the other day. Being a political moderate, I was a bit upset that no moderate blog was mentioned in class. I soon realized, after doing research, that there really aren't that many out there. I feel like this is a problem. There are so many blogs (cough, cough, the huffington post) that have such a biased, and poor perspective of the opposing viewpoints. This goes both ways. I have found (and this is just my opinion being in the middle and seeing both sides) that liberals have a very judgemental viewpoint on consevatives, and consevatives have a very closed minded viewpoints on a liberal perspective. I feel like these blogs create this group think like
r President Obama was because I felt like he had the unbias veiw of the world. Sure many of his viewpoints are drastically to the left, but I still felt like he was our most moderate candidate in a while.
http://news.aol.com/article/obama-notre-dame-speech/448355?icid=mainhp-laptopdl1link3http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fobama-notre-dame-speech%2F448355
I think his viewpoints in this article, and the way he handled the Notre Dame controversy perfectly illustrate this.
Bottom line: I feel like the common theory in society is you have to pick a side, either conservative or liberal. You can't just be in the middle, and I know this is wrong. I, as President Obama says, need to have "open hearts. Open minds. Fair-minded words." We need more people that are willing to look at politics as not a competitiion between right and left, but an agreement that we are going to work together to come up with the best solution for our country.
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I deffinately agree! I am also politically moderate and I noticed too that no blogs are as "middle of the road" as I am.
ReplyDeleteI feel like both sides beat each other up so much for no reason. Why can't we all just get along?
I also think that Obama is the most moderate canidate we have had, because he wants to unify the parties to get things done. He doesn't want any hard feeling which is cool. I totally agree with that.
I think the reason there no moderate blogs out there because you don't get the "passion" with moderates, that you do with very left/right wing politicians.
ReplyDeleteMost moderates can understand where each side of the argument is coming from and don't really feel the need to use the outlet that is blogs.