Have you ever noticed that when a person tells you their position on one controversial, issue, you immediately know their position on just about every other newsworthy topic as well? Eventually they tell you anyway, but the truth is, they don’t need to tell you. All you need to hear is one opinion and you automatically know all opinions.
Let me share some examples: A person who believes in gay marriage also takes the side of the Palestinians over Israel. Now what on earth would one issue have to do with another? They would seem to have nothing to do with each other. As a matter of fact, they are completely unrelated, save for the fact that our Politically Correct friends have a list of items we darn well better believe in.
One who takes the side of the Palestinians is also (by an amazing coincidence) Pro-Choice. And one who accepts abortion also accepts partial birth abortion, which isn’t even the same thing. It is down right infanticide. Yet, those who think it’s OK to kill babies have a tremendous problem with parents who spank their children. A spanking is an abuse. But killing the kid? That’s not abuse at all! They are also against capital punishment. Taking the life of an evil murderer concerns them more than the innocent life of the unborn. Oh, and these people also believe George Bush stole the 2000 election. I don’t merely mean that they preferred Al Gore. Everybody prefers someone during an election. I mean, they MUST believe Bush STOLE the election!
If indeed, you feel this way about all of these issues, you undoubtedly want to defend yourself by reminding me that the viewpoints of Conservatives are every bit as predictable. To some extent you are correct. But let’s be honest. Diversity of opinion is embraced far more on the Right. The greatest evidence of this is in the Right’s willingness to have open debates and the Left’s preference to censor their opponents or shout them down. For all the talk from the Left about diversity, I have found (as a general rule) they do not accept diversity of opinion. Diversity of genders? Diversity of sexual preference? Diversity of cultures? Sure. But not diversity of opinion.
Conservatives also tend to disagree with each other. That’s why the Republican Party is so fragmented right now. For myself, I disagree with fellow Conservatives on many items. In some cases I support capital punishment for murder but in other situations, (such as genuine remorse from the guilty) I would come down on the side of mercy. And as a Christian, I accept traditional marriage for the most part, but I am not of the opinion that wives must submit to their husbands or that women cannot be pastors. I have been literally scolded from fellow Evangelicals for taking such positions. And with my fellow Jews (I was born Jewish), I take their side when it comes to the current situation in the Middle East but we are at great odds with each other when the subject of Jesus comes up. As for abortion? I am Pro-Life and I would vote to make abortion illegal but I would not want to see women who had abortions put in jail. Now, if you want to talk about putting some of the doctors in jail… there’s an idea.
I’m sure there are people who lean more to the left who could also offer some varieties in their viewpoints. But sometimes generalities cannot be avoided. As a general rule, I know what a person believes about everything when they tell me their beliefs about just one thing. I should not know this. I am not a prophet. The predictability of our generation and its lack of critical thought is something to be lamented.
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