Green Arrow
06-21-2015, 04:05 PM
In American politics, we tend to try and make every single issue known to man divide neatly along our partisan lines. The simple fact remains, however, that not all issues can be accurately divided along partisan lines.
For example, social issues are not divided neatly on partisan lines, much as we as Americans try to make them otherwise. There are Democrats who are pro-life and Republicans who are pro-choice. There are Democrats who don't like gay people and don't support gay marriage, and there are gay Republicans. There are racist Democrats who don't buy into the anti-police brutality trend, and there are Republicans who are diametrically opposed to police brutality and the militarization of police.
Of course, if we're all being honest, no issue can be divided perfectly along partisan lines, because humans are still, for the most part, generally free-thinking individuals. But there are still those issues that are blatantly non-partisan, like social issues.
For example, social issues are not divided neatly on partisan lines, much as we as Americans try to make them otherwise. There are Democrats who are pro-life and Republicans who are pro-choice. There are Democrats who don't like gay people and don't support gay marriage, and there are gay Republicans. There are racist Democrats who don't buy into the anti-police brutality trend, and there are Republicans who are diametrically opposed to police brutality and the militarization of police.
Of course, if we're all being honest, no issue can be divided perfectly along partisan lines, because humans are still, for the most part, generally free-thinking individuals. But there are still those issues that are blatantly non-partisan, like social issues.