Why do Democrats and Republicans always fight?

Question

It is really not that hard to get along. I have friends and family who are Democrats. We may disagree on some things but at least we always have something to talk about. Why do people hate each other because of their beliefs on things? It is getting really old.

Answer 1

Because it's easier to fight than to see someone else's point of view. It's very challenging to empathize with someone you disagree with, especially if your beliefs are a part of your core values.

Answer 2

It's a way for the political parties to avoid the heavy lifting required to solve our most pressing and intractable problems. It's easy to argue politics; it's hard to solve the problems like the federal debt, Katrina, Social Security, Medicare, health care, racism and other things that have been neglected while they argue over flag burning and gay marriage.



I agree; it's getting old. As a political moderate, I hanker for the days when both parties told their hard liners (left and right) to stay on the sidelines while the problems were dealt with. This was in the days when compromise was accomplished. Nowadays, the parties are allowing the idealogues to control the agenda.



Can you imagine today's politicians passing a Marshall Plan, or the Civil Rights Act, or even a nuclear arms treaty?

Answer 3

The problem is not the average American who likely has views on both sides of the republican/democratic debate. The problem is the hardliners on each side who stick to their beliefs as if the world depended on it, and actually, they do think the world depends on it. A very right wing Republican will say that abortion under any circumstance is not only wrong but a sin. And confronted with even a moderate person, who may feel that abortion is okay under certain circumstances, the right winger will acuse that person of being a baby murderer. By the same token, someone who is a left wing liberal, would react to a person saying, "Hey, someone should be home with the kids whether it's the father or the mother," by accusing that person of being anti-feminist, even though they made no distinction as to who should be home with the kids. It's not the average American who is engaged in all this debate. It's the left and right wingers who make all the noise. The rest of us are just trying to live our lives as best we can.

Answer 4

Fox News & Rush the Viagra Boy makes a lot of money when Democrats and Republicans fight = Promotion and rating

Answer 5

They don't always fight. When my boyfriend and I met, he was a Republican, and I was a Democrat. Three and some years later, we're now both Independents.



I agree that it is getting old. People have to have an enemy. It's the concept of binary opposites (black vs. white, good vs. evil). If I'm right, you have to be wrong. No middle ground exists.



As you can imagine, this attitude is rather limiting, but it's easy. It's much easier to hate your opposite than to listen carefully, consider their views, and incorporate them into your own in some way.

Answer 6

Honestly, I am sick of liberals who think it is okay to let illegals come to America, tax wealthy people up and down the street, and undermine our security.



1. We must have law and order when it comes to immigration. We cannot allow people to just come here because they want to. We cannot allow women to come here illegally to have her child, so it can become a citizen (this is called anchor baby). We cannot allow people to come here and not learn english.



2. Taxes are out of control. I spend $4200 a year on property taxes where my home is. I have a well and septic. I have no children. This is criminal. I own a business and pay thousands a year to comply with the current tax system. I work hard and pay out 40% of my income to what? I am sick of losers who will not risk like I do, yet expect to get everything they want out of life.



3. The whole terrorism issue is a joke. We fight a war not to win. We are going to have a major US city nuked and millions will die. Many Americans lack the understanding of the problem. Who is surprised when the liberal media lies and distorts what is really going on.



Now, this is the beginning of why I cannot stand most Democrats and some Republicans. I earn what I have and in a free land, should be able to keep most of it.

Answer 7

Why is the sky blue?



There will always be people influenced by their experiences in life who see things from different viewpoints.



Thankfully, we are born with the ability to think and reason on our own and we are born with free will. This is part of the reason that America is a great place to live.

Answer 8

it is part of the show ,but it does not make any difference .

why dont you check why 34 presidents of the USA are all geneticall connected to Charlemagne and Charles the great ,

the presidency is a very old royal clann and they are all related ,

politics is a show for the sake of the public

check .bloodlines of the illuminati by david icke on www.infowars.

Answer 9

Because one side is being more realistic( Democrats), and the other side is being more idealistic( Republicans), and they both want control. They both refuse to consider the implications of the others philosophy. Once they begin to empathize, they become turned off by the failures within one another.

Answer 10

Eh, Republicans tend to be stiff necked people who want to control everything and everyone. There is no live and let live. You either believe as they do, or they will die tyring to make you do so. Democrats are tend to be more liberal in their thinking and have a deep seated resentment towards anyone trying to force their will, as the republicans do.

Answer 11

that's about ability, effect and a touch bit Greed. each and every believes its form of beliefs is what's perfect for united statesa.. although our money reveal "In God We believe", faith takes a decrease back seat to the PIG. faith, wish, charity, tolerance and some different words are purely no longer of their vocabulary.

Answer 12

I agree with Brandyniz's answer.



I do not fully agree with Mark D's.



Subversive is not a hateful word. It is a word which has a proper meaning and context. When people interject their interpretation of history, based on modern liberalism, that is indeed subversive.

Answer 13

I don't have a problem with Democrats untill the name calling starts. I get along with everyone untill they start to insult my intelligence or other things about me. Then, IT'S ON!!!! ;-)

Answer 14

I agree and it is really getting in the way of what is best for the American people.

Answer 15

Human nature. All it takes is 1 partisan to set off a war.

As the King of Siam said: "They fight to prove that what they do not know is so".

Answer 16

Lack of sex. It affects both sides of the aisle.

Answer 17

Because the US is all about competition and being on top.

Answer 18

Because some people can only feel validated by their being RIGHT and your being WRONG.



Pretty darn sad, isn't it?

Answer 19

I like brandyniz's answer. Thumbs up!



A couple of weeks ago somebody named "thehiddenangle" posted this question here on Y!A:



"Why don't people know that 'Under God' was not in the original pledge of allegiance, added only in the 1950s? Is it ignorant to demand to 'leave it as it was originally written' when it was modified by Christians only a couple of decades ago as a subversive attempt to mix church and state?"



The first answer was by guy who called himself "c_sense_1":



"1954 to be precise. In fact, here's the irony: Before 1954 it said 'One nation idivisible.' They then took that beautiful phrase, and chopped it up ('divided' it). And in so doing, they divided our 'indivisible' nation in two:

-- People who could say the pledge with sincerity (Christians, Jews, and Muslims).

-- People who could not say the pledge with sincerity (pretty much everybody else). i.e. you could say it as long as you were just mouthing words.



In other words they 'amended' the Pledge of Allegiance to exclude atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, pagans, etc. These people are no longer eligible to pledge allegiance to the country. There is no different version for them ... you either say this is a 'nation under God', or ... sorry, you're disqualified.

I.e., they amended the pledge in 1954 to make it clear that you could no longer be considered a loyal American unless you believed in God.

Could some of the modern divisions in the country, along religious lines, be traced back to this little bit of symbolism?"



The next 5 answers were short.



"Thank you. I really did not know that."

"And they had good reason to add it in there. I am not sorry that it offends you."

"Yes, that is ignorant. Thanks for checking with us. ... Anything else you need to know?"

"Because they are ignorant. People are selectively righteously indignant. Funny how they were'nt complaining about God not being mentioned prior to their adding 'under God' in!"

"I don't think it was subversive."



And then I jumped in. It was sheer coincidence that the answer right before mine ended with the one word -- in the original question -- that made me angriest.



"Subversive ?????



God, how I hate you people. I wish you'd leave this country, because you don't know everything about the Establishment Clause and if you think your view about it is right and everyone else's is 'subversive,' then you need a kick in the pants so hard that it'd send you to .......................... Antartica."



There were still six more responses after mine. But the interesting thing is how I ended up debating with the first guy: "c_sense_1." He added this comment to his original one:



"Can anyone really read the amazingly hateful posts on YA ... Americans expressing open "hatred" of fellow Americans (did I just hear Mark D say 'God how I hate you people"?) ... and say we are still 'One nation indivisible'?"



So I added some comments to my original post:



"c-sense-1 .... the word 'subversive' is itself amazingly hateful. Yes, you saw me say that, obviously. Now explain why it is okay and not hateful to accuse the majority of Congress, in 1954 when they passed the bill putting the words 'under God' in the pledge, of being 'subversive.' The majority of Congress. The majority. How is that 'subversive' and how is that accusation not hateful?"



Then c_sense_1 added this:



"Yes that's precisely my point! *Both* sides are extremely intolerant of each other, especially on matters of religion, because there is *nothing* more personal or sacred than whether a person chooses to believe, or NOT believe, in God. That is precisely the POINT of the Establishment Clause. When the government passes laws declaring that belief in God is part and parcel of declaring yourself a loyal American ... that's what happens."



So I added this:



"At least it seems now that maybe I've gotten a concession out of you that 'thehiddenangle'-s original statement also carries a whiff of hatefulness, too.

No matter how much you might wish it, no interpretation of the Establishment Clause is ever going to make everybody happy. Put the words 'under God' in the pledge, someone is going to be unhappy about it and hate the people who put the words in. Take the words out of the pledge, someone else is going to be unhappy about that and will hate the ones who took them out.

I'll concede this to you. The pledge does indeed end up looking hypocritical when it results in this kind of divisiveness. You've got a valid point there. There is hypocrisy in the pledge, because we have always been divided and always will be."



So he concluded :



"... Good points. So we have traded concessions. ... So maybe there's hope after all. (Cheers.) :-)"



I bid him the same, "Cheers, to you too. ;-)"



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{I created this post in order to put all of the statements in chronological order, Asshat. Thanks for the input, though.}

Answer 20

It's called the American way.

Answer 21

Hey Mark,



Next time just leave the link and say "Click here for something interesting".



K? Thanks.

Answer 22

Good question, they're pretty much the same thing, except the republicans are better at it.



libertarians ftw!