When I hear liberals call for “common ground” on gun control, these same people would never countenance finding common ground on abortion.
We must make concessions on principle to them but they will fight tooth and nail against making concessions on principle to us.
Why on earth should we do that for people unwilling to meet us half way on things that matter to us?
Give them an inch and soon we’ll have nothing left.
This from a guy that has 2-4 ARMED Florida State troopers around him at games....
Common ground= do what I say and shut up.
Liberalise translated.
CC
I call it the liberal ratchet effect. Once they gain ground, they never relinquish it.
A high school classmate is now part of the pro gays in scouts movement, and I look at his Facebook from time to time.
When the scouts allowed gay boys but not gay leaders, I went to his FB to see his reaction. I expected him to be happy...nope. Almost immediately he was calling the scouts every name in the book, because they only gave a little ground.
Half a year later, the scouts allowed gay leaders, with the caveat that sponsoring churches could still ban them for religious reasons. Once again, my classmate was on FB calling the scouts evil, and wanting more.
Once a liberal gets a concession, it becomes his new baseline, and he’ll fight tooth and nail to move the ratchet again in his favor...but going backwards is not even possible.