Hello. I live at Lake Almanor. I'm an author/writer, so living here is perfect for me.
In the Bay Area people are more liberal as a population, and here people are more conservative as a population.
Both stances and beliefs are perfectly fine to me.
Some people use the word socialism like it's the ugliest thing ever. I've lived in socialist countries for many years and it was fine. The medical was great, everything was fine.
No one hated it.
Some attitudes are simply a lack of education, on both sides of course, some of it is a lack of respect for others, and some of it is the sphere of influence, or the tribe, one was raised with.
There was a time, not so long ago, when a Help Wanted sign would have scribbled at the bottom "Irish need not apply". Animosity towards others is not new, but it seems to me that we should know better by now.
I believe in being involved in the things that I can affect and that affect me. I vote for whom I want. If the Republican is the best person, I will vote Republican, and if the Democrat is the best person, I will vote that way.
Politics is not tribal for me.
There's nothing wrong in any of this except the aggressive and negative attitude of some republicans and some liberals. But that doesn't have to be you and it certainly isn't me.
We can be smarter than that, we can be kinder than that, and we should be. Politics and religion should not be factors in how we treat others, just as ethnicity and sexual orientation should not be factors.
Oh, I know how hard it can be to change the way we feel. And even when we can't change how we feel, we can at least become more tolerant. Tolerance will make our lives and our country better.
Questions? Email me at: peter@eplace.net
Telephone me at:
415.320.1440 and please leave a message.
