The Amazing World We Live In- Yes, It's In Color...

I opened up the door to the patio on my work break the other day to go out for a cigarette and there were two gentlemen relaxing in the plastic, non-reclining, lawn style chairs that sit on the balcony. This being my first week on the job, fresh out of training, I have no clue who these folks are. I can however, over hear them taking about, you guessed it, liberals. I decided to interject my two cents into their conversation. Why? Well that's what I do. If I hear something that peaks my interest, and I feel is so off base with reality I just can't help myself. I do of course show respect to the people in the original debate, as this is a must if you want to be taken seriously and respected yourself.

Anyways, lets get back on track. I overheard the younger man, probably in his late late twenties or early thirties tell David, the older man (I know him, sort of), that everything in this world is "black and white". There is a defined right and a defined wrong. We should do this, we shouldn't do that. I simply told the young man he was wrong, and there is a grey area in everything. If white is the absense of all color and black is the presence of every color, how can everything in this world be given the label of all or nothing? His response to me was this "Typical liberal bull." I sat back almost insulted... I do not know this man, and he does not know me, yet based on one line I give him he automatically assumes I am a "liberal". All it took was one line, and he developed this preconceived notion that I am a socialist.

Oh by the way, socialist was the word he used to describe me to his friends the next day. That's right, he had to share what I told him with his 'posse'. I am assuming it is an effort to gain support from them before I can convince them their friend can only see in two colors. Not because he is color blind, but because he is to ignorant or to lazy to want to acknowledge the fact that there are "exceptions to every rule".

Again back to my point. I attempted to re-enter the debate using the welfare system and similar projects as an example. I told him that I am completely against the current welfare system. I do not believe it is strict enough in it's application process and I feel that people that can work should have to work. They should not be able to sit back and pop out a kid every year to increase their income. I do however feel that there are certain people in this country that have to have welfare. The disabled is the example I used. I asked him what the disabled would do if it wasn't for assistance from the government. He told me they can lean on their families for help. I agreed with that, but inquired about the people who no longer have their families to lean on.

He didn't say a word.

This is just one point I hit on. There were about two or three others I tried to make, but he would just come back with, "Liberal this" or "Liberal that" so I gave up. There is no point in arguing about color with someone that cannot see color.