Compromise? I will not compromise on my individual, God-given right to keep and bear arms. Any substantive infringement on that right is both a violation of the supreme law of the land and something that will be seen as a prelude to a physical attack on me, on my family, and on my neighbors.
I will not compromise on abortion. Murdering an innocent, unborn child, whether for personal convenience or for the profit from selling body parts, is an act of pure evil. I know that I cannot stop evil from existing, but I will not participate in or fund evil without raising a fuss.
I will not compromise on Amnesty. The rule of law is a basic foundation of civilization. If government is going to systematically reward criminal actions, then our society will die. All illegals should be deported. No exceptions, at least in terms of what should happen. I'm willing to compromise in the sense that if we genuinely deport the non "DACA" illegals and genuinely enforce immigration law on new illegals, I'm okay with ignoring the existence of DACA illegals (so long as their illegal parents are deported) - no deportation until they commit another crime or leftists resume interfering with deportation of new illegals, but no citizenship or legal status.
I will not compromise in any way on religious freedom. Compelling a normal person to participate in a gay parody of a wedding is an act of pure evil, a gross violation of personal freedoms that are guaranteed by the Constitution. I would like to see everyone who has ever abused government authority in that manner locked up in prison for the rest of their lives. [18 U.S. Code SS 242 - Deprivation of rights under color of law]
I don't view all leftists as evil. Most of their leaders are pure evil. Many leftist followers are merely compassionate people who are sadly misinformed or in many cases even brainwashed. The political Left has gone off the rails, and there is no reasonable compromise with their current positions. The reasonable compromise was passed in the 1930s when we compromised with socialism, and we have compromised repeatedly to again split the difference between our society's status quo and the ultimate goal sought by freedom's totalitarian enemies.
Compromising with bad policy is like adding a little sewage to your drinking water. No good can come of it.
I usually make a distinction between liberal and leftist. The leftist claims to be a liberal, yet is in reality a raging totalitarian. A recent example very local to where I am is a city councilwoman who screamed obscenities at little girls simply due to her objections to their Trump T-shirts (Kellye Burke of West University Place, TX). The leftists want us dead. The liberals are getting to be few and far between. Most are dying off. Hubert Humphrey, a supporter of the Second Amendment for it’s intended reason, the guarantee against an arbitrary state and a safeguard against tyranny (his words). Henry Jackson. Recently Zell Miller. Gone.
The left is focused on only one thing, absolute power. There can be no common ground, even on local issues. If a conservative is for something, they must automatically be against it. It’s a knee jerk reaction, indicating a lack of critical thinking skills.
Just remember, Billy the Bomber Ayers, Barry Dunham’s political mentor, advocated killing 25 million people just because they would not go along with his “revolution” resulting in a totalitarian state.
The conservative and the left can not coexist.
Well said, I agree with all in Post #42.