As much as we bitch about echochambers on the left, I cannot help but feel this place is developing one of its own in regards to why people left of center think how they do.
Because I can tell you, @Lord Invictus doesn't really understand the other side, and is giving you all a false impression he understands them.
I've had to have the same conversations with people on the left who think they understand how those right of center think.
White guilt is part of it, but it is also just part of a desire to help others regardless of race. Conservative do that via private charity, liberals do it via government programs; both can be effective, if done right.
Also, treating religion as a panacea, and lack of it as the source of all problems, is completely and utterly the wrong way to try to understand why those left of center believe as they do. It is operating on an axiom they do not hold too, thus missing critical bits of understanding.
Now if all you want is echochambers and false impressions of the other side, keep listening to Invictus and the like.
Because I can tell you, @Lord Invictus doesn't really understand the other side, and is giving you all a false impression he understands them.
I've had to have the same conversations with people on the left who think they understand how those right of center think.
White guilt is part of it, but it is also just part of a desire to help others regardless of race. Conservative do that via private charity, liberals do it via government programs; both can be effective, if done right.
Also, treating religion as a panacea, and lack of it as the source of all problems, is completely and utterly the wrong way to try to understand why those left of center believe as they do. It is operating on an axiom they do not hold too, thus missing critical bits of understanding.
Now if all you want is echochambers and false impressions of the other side, keep listening to Invictus and the like.