I have noticed that the political discourse has been reaching dangerous heights recently. We have all broken out into our tribes where the only thing we seem to care about is how to make the other side look worse.
I typically refer to myself politically as a conservative libertarian. Although I have heard people refer to me as just conservative or middle right. I also consider myself to be a Christian. That is the point of view that I will be writing from. I’m sure many of you will disagree with me, but I’m hoping that you will at least be patient enough to read what I have to say.
Why do this?
- I’m hoping this will give people with a different perspective than my own a glimpse into what I think and why I think that way.
- I’m also looking forward to hearing opposing arguments. I hope that this will change my argument and make it stronger. Which is what I feel is most important about having this tough discussions.
I hope I can share my opinion in a reasonable, respectful, understandable manner. In doing so, I hope that I can change your mind and maybe you can change mine. Even if neither of those things happen, I hope that I can help you better understand my opinions, and I can understand yours.
To get started, a few questions to ask of myself:
- Why am I blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- I have tried writing on my own a little bit before, but I have a very tough time with procrastination. This also doesn’t give me the same satisfaction or opportunities to learn as sharing my ideas with others would be on a public platform. I can write all I want to myself, but it’s more difficult for my ideas to expand since I won’t be open to thought or criticism by others.
- What topics will I write about?
- I plan on writing about everything from politics, religion, to the culture in general. I may even write about something peculiar that has happened to me throughout the week.
- I will try to stay away from topics that I know little about or have not had enough time to form my own opinions on. While I would like to improve my opinions, I don’t think it will do much good to share my opinions on subjects that I know not to nothing about.
- What kind of audience I am trying to target this towards?
- I am hoping to aim this towards anyone who wants to have a serious conversation about serious topics. I’m not interested in getting into arguments or debates. It seems like the point of an argument or debate is to prove the other side wrong. I don’t want to get caught in my own bubble, I would like to have conversations with people to better understand the difficult issues that face us.
- What does a successful blog look like for myself?
- I have never really done this blogging thing before, I would like to be able to put up a blog post once a week. I may get into this and figure out this is too much to keep up with on a weekly basis and may miss a week or two. But overall, I hope to have a post once a week and have some good conversations about some tough topics.
Well I hope we can have some difficult conversations
Moderately Conservative 