Reply #67: Too True [View All]

[TheWhitneyBrown]

For example, after due consideration, taking into account the fact that many of my closest friends, even those I secretly believe to be a bit smarter than I, disagree with my stand on the 2nd Amendment issue, I am sticking to my guns. Literally.
I have given up on convincing most of my liberal friends to accept my opinion on this issue, especially the one I accidentally shot when I was drunk.
On the other hand, I do respect that their opinions are based upon considered but differing analyses of the same facts available to us both, and in certain cases referenced in the previous paragraph, naked self interest and the politics of fear.
What to do now? Well, I love my friends, as mistaken as they may be on this issue. Surprisingly, I find I have much more in common with them than with the idiots I shoot with, most of whom are cops.
So, I cleave to my friends. I don't expect to find some group somewhere who thinks exactly like I do on every issue, and I doubt I would like their company much anyway. Let them mock me because my bike is a Honda and not a Harley, they're the ones with oil stains all over their garage floors. Besides, it's the cagers who are out to get us all.
In essence, our differences are small compared to those we oppose.