re: #172 Spare O’Lake

The polarization is the problem, because it makes resolution of the issues virtually impossible. It also leads to increasingly extreme positions being taken, as everything becomes an all-or-nothing proposition and compromise is not even attempted. Gridlock and deadlock result, making fertile ground for political extremists.
Very very scary.

There is no reason to compromise on something like the Manhattan Mosque. There is no reason to compromise on the legality of Homosexual bahavior. There is no reason to compromise on the veracity of AGW.

These are not legitimate political issues. These are not things about which politicians should need to concern themselves. The issue isn’t that the parties refuse to compromise, the issue is that the things they are discussing are absurd.

You don’t compromise on basic human rights. There is nothing there to discuss, no matter how many times the GOP tries to make these things into “issues”.