Points of View

You know...I hate to have this as my first post, but I can't help it.
I can only shake my head when I see the outright disrespect, and intolerance for an others opinion in America today. Everyone complains that the politicians are not doing anything, not showing by-partisanship,and that all they do is grandstand and fight amongst each other, while everyday on the news channels, or in the letters to the editor in the papers, people have nothing but outright disdain for an opposing point of view.
All of us together, our collective views is what America is. It is exactly the right to have a opposing point of view, and the right to voice that view, that is one of the major reasons that this Country was founded on. Everyone today seems to have limited themselves to their opinions...and then...there is the rest of you idiots point of view. Everyone thinks that they're standing on righteous ground. And they are adamant about it!
The problem with righteous ground is when you find yourself standing there remember this...you can only be one of 3 things. 1) You could be 100% right. 2)You could be 100% wrong. 3)You could be partially right, and partially wrong. Now if you are in the number 1 position...Fine. But if your in the #2 or #3 position, you most certainly should not be standing adamantly on righteous ground! So watch where your standing, righteous ground can be very dangerous. It can be like blinders on your face. You see only a limited view.
So take some time to truly listen to some other point of view. Take some time to examine it, don't just write it off so quickly. It is real listening to all of these views that will inform you to make the best of your own.
-Mike-