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In reply to the discussion: Bob Costas just did an anti-gun editorial during half time of Sunday Night Football [View all]harmonicon
(12,008 posts)That's why I'm all for your right to have guns even though I would never do so. However, it's from our personal lives that we view the world and participate in community and government. If we don't seem to be looking at these things from the same vantage point, how can we expect to come to agreement?
I absolutely agree that concerns about guns are very small potatoes, but like many things, feelings about guns are indicative of the culture, though it may be in veiled ways. Having two sides with opposing viewpoints yelling at one another isn't going to help (though that seems to be what passes for debate these days). I think we have to realize that we're ultimately all on the same side and then figure out why we're disagreeing - it's not simple things like "this is my legal right" or "I want to be safe." It's something far deeper and more pervasive than that.
I'm just afraid that we're really far away from a point where that's possible.