It’s not breaking news to suggest that the rhetoric in America today is filled with political tension. I’ve written about it before.  The political memes on Facebook daily berate this guy or that guy.  Protestors burned buildings and assaulted people because of a political speech at Berkley they disagreed with. We are reaching a point where discussion is discouraged because both sides believe they are dealing with the devil and discussing issues is pointless. I spoke with a friend about this issue, trying to get some understanding or perspective as to why the second I say Black Lives Matter as a conservative, I get pummeled as a racist before I even get a chance to make my point. Why, as a conservative, it is assumed I want all refugees to drown and all gays to die.  If you’ve read this far, you know that stuff is not true about me or most (99.9999%) of all conservatives. My friend made a great point about the absolute madness about this country.  The people protesting, mostly those on the left are not just protecting entitlements or gifts from the government, they are not just protecting “stuff.”They, in their minds at least, are defending their rights. People get upset when they lose entitlements, they go to war when you step on their rights.

What does this mean to us on the right? We have a few options. First, is to fight to win. While my show is still young, I have already made a few of those “fight to win” posts. I’ve challenged the left with truth.  I have videos of white liberals “protecting” blacks from voter id laws for various reasons.  Most of the reasons are summed up to the white Berkley liberals assuming blacks are too stupid to get an id. Blacks interviewed in the same post are shocked at the reasons.  Did anyone comment thanking me for shedding light on this issue?  Ha ha, of course not. I was deemed a racist. Does this reaction mean we should stop sharing the truth? No.

Writing on challenging social issues is teaching me more about human nature than my 17 years working in sales. Fear is a powerful emotion. Fear of losing one’s rights has the unfathomable power of a nuclear bomb. To be sure, I do not believe that these people [the vast majority of those protesting and liberals as a group]  are having their rights taken away. I do, however, want to understand them as more than just a bunch of cry babies.  The majority of the weapons being used are social media memes and posts. Friends are working hard to make other friends look stupid. We all do it, from both sides of the fence. We aren’t intending on making others look stupid, we believe with all our heart, mind and souls that we are right. We are fighting not just to win the war of ideas, but to “save the souls” of our friends on Facebook. Well, my friends, this is stupid.

This brings me to the second option. This involves a level of maturity lacking in America today.  One that takes every ounce of my being to exude for even a short period of time.  This option is “seeking first to understand before being understood”.  I’m not going to go too deep into this concept in this post as book after book has been written.  I believe there are some apocryphal writings that Francis of Assisi wrote a prayer begging God to give him this ability. Don’t worry if you don’t master it.

What does this all mean? Can I, as a white, conservative, Pro-life, friends with actual real life policemen, evangelical Christian reach out to supporters of Abortion? Can I reach out to Muslims, illegal aliens, black people? Gay people? When people see me online, they see a right wing conspiracy to steal their rights.  It DOES NOT matter if they are right or wrong.  Please understand this.  Telling people they can’t get angry because they are WRONG isn’t going to help anyone.  When we approach these people in this manner (using the “winning” option) it throws gasoline on the fire. While I think it is important to expose the wrongs in society, and the hypocrisy,