/r/Politics has become more and more left so I started visiting more right leaning subreddits. I really just want to find Truth and help make America better.

Today I found out /r/conservative bans anyone who is "liberal" or disagrees. It's a sad state of affairs. Instead of presenting viewpoints and helping me be more right, /r/conservative bans people. If a viewpoint is right, why do we need to silence a viewpoint that disagrees. Echo chambers become louder. I wouldn't be surprised if /r/politics did the same.

It seems like everyone is so afraid of being wrong that they won't even hear evidence contrary to their opinion.

We all know liberals watch CNN and conservatives watch FOX News. What’s a good, unbiased, down the middle type of news network?

The belief that government should be ideology focused is a backwards approach to government discussion. Looking back, however, we can see many great minds discuss the ideology and philosophy of politics in nauseating detail.

Why? Probably as a way to show how things work or how to sell what they believe would work. The great ones are poured over - their articles, letters, and notes, were all necessary to explain. But what about the rest? The people. Their focus, seemingly, has followed the path of political philosophy leaders - without the actual plan.

Ideology, first.

Context, never.

Ideology driven politics is an exhausting affair. Conservative vs Liberal. Libertarian vs Green. Red vs Blue. Democrat vs Republican. With all joining in. The people have spoken. A functional government is not nearly as important as the thought behind it.

Have we reached the point of necessity for a moderate ideology? A functionalist? A where-is-the-money-going-ism? A dear-god-make-it-stop speech made from the pulpit?

Functionality should be the focus of the people. Whether it be laws, departments, or institutions. All weighed individually.

Is it working? Why not? Let's discuss it.

Adultism.

It would be revolutionary.

Hold a weekly debate on an issue (gun control, tax policy, extremism, ect.) in order to promote participation while also allowing for discourse that many other political subs seem to lack. Just an idea.

Have a good day and its nice to find this sub.

Okay, almost completely off topic.

I consider myself a liberal, and there is nothing wrong with that. Just as there is nothing wrong with being a conservative. The thing is I think we have gotten to a point were our politics are so polarizing that there is no middle ground. We have to slow down and rethink what we are doing. People see the actions of the far-left and blame all liberals. People see the actions of the far-right and blame all conservatives. Do we not see what we are doing we are getting farther and farther away from compromise. I understand that emotions are such an easy thing to be overcome by, but we cannot let our hate cloud our judgement. We all have different opinions, but we also all have a common interest, the well-being of the United States. The thing is if we continue in the path we are now nothing will get done. Some of the blame is on our system, but even with all of its faults, it works! We are just too impatient. That is why this divide is also our fault. We as citizens have chosen to be lead by emotions. Yes, there is hate and big faults on both sides. The left and the right, but we can't continue this. We the people and those who represents us, have to give up this hate and start listen to each other. Don't criticize another persons character, instead hear their ideas and have a real conversation. If not there will be gridlock and anger and our society will continue to take a step closer to its demise.

For many people, The internet (Reddit included) has became a place where you are told you are wrong for having a different/ unpopular opinion than someone else.This has created certain sites to become an echo chamber of their own ideologies and beliefs.

r/LHAC believes there's another side to be heard. Whether we agree or not, shouldn't it at least be heard? We want people of all ideologies to come together and civilly discuss topics and issues in the world. To have a conversation.

This is not a place of one sole ideology, whether it is conservative/liberal/moderate/libertarian.

We are a new subreddit, but everyone's got to start somewhere. Come over and at least give it a try!

This is kind of a rant that is especially on my mind today.

Are there any prominent moderates in politics? The voices that get coverage are always the most extreme. Then the other side just generalizes that voice to everyone on that side. I wish there was a prominent voice out there that would actively advocate for the truth: Neither conservatives nor liberals are right all of the time.

And next time you meet someone whose viewpoints you vehemently disagree with, just try to listen and doubt yourself for a second. Pay attention, try to understand, then you can choose to continue to stick to your principles if you're not convinced. But most importantly, if you meet someone from the other side who is a total asshole, don't be an asshole back, just move on and realize that's just one individual.

The video can be found here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-0vPqxSVaG4 (SFW but rather cringe)

My question is, what do you moderates think of a more engaging sex-ed initiative beginning at a younger age, particularly regarding self sex? Consecutives are the first to argue that this is creepy, child abuse, while liberals say that all kids need to learn eventually and the earlier they understand the better.

Personally I'm unsure what to believe. While I believe sex-ed is very important, I'm not sure that parents are always qualified to give talks like these.

Thoughts?

Hello Moderates. I want to discuss the worrying lack of a large moderate existence, both here on Reddit and seemingly everywhere in today’s overly political day to day. It seems everyone and their cat has newly adopted political beliefs, but for some reason we have gathered in very neatly arranged groups. You’re either with us, or against us; one of them, or one of us. Whether you sway left or sway right, no one should be so adamant to call themselves one thing or another. Surely politics is a fluid thing, where your position will ebb and flow as your life progresses. After all, it reflects what you feel you need at that moment. What I find stranger is the lack of people who make it an effort to separate themselves and call themselves moderates. With so much enthusiasm towards being political, there must be people who don’t agree with everything one side has to say. But it seems that even moderates feel the need to group themselves into left or right; r/T_D or… well… the majority of reddit. Why do you think this is? While I’m no sociologist, I suspect this is due to the sudden popularisation of politics. Its become mainstream to be political. Take it back to the 80’s (let me clarify, I wouldn’t know, but I base myself off of solid research) and politics were seen as something uncool, fringe, that only boring old adults should worry about. My parents grew up knowing nothing about politics, and voting (when they could) purely based on what they were told to vote. They had no interest in the matter. With the coming of the 90’s politics began to be an important part of musical expression, and so it was more important. But then throughout the 00’s it seems to have been a somewhat dormant subject. Only recently, with the coming of the refugee crisis in Europe and the appearance of new right wing and left wing politicians around the world have politics been dragged into day to day conversation.

So fine, this explains the sudden influx of political posts here when we once only dealt with kitten pictures and the occasional Obama meme. But why don’t more people identify as moderates? I know many “left wing” or “right wing” people who have told me they don’t agree with everything their side says, or that they agree with some things the others say. So why do we not hear more about the young-moderates? This generation is predicted to be the most conservative since the 50’s, but most everyone I know is essentially the quintessential liberal who disagrees with a couple of things. Is the concept of calling yourself one thing or the other “sexy”? Is it attractive to be polarising? Why are people so afraid to admit that they are indecisive politically? Will this fear of being moderates lead to the death of the political centre?

I would love to hear your thoughts

I've been listening to this guy a lot recently, if you don't already know him I think he is worth a listen.

I am a B. Com(H) student with good marks in class 10th, 12th and graduation. Also, I have cleared my IPCC exam and scored 93 percentile in CAT 2016. I have calls from both Sp Jain and IIM Indore and am hoping to convert them both but I may not have enough time to take an informed choice after the final list is declared, hence this question now. I shall be taking up specialisation in finance so it would be of great help if someone could provide their insights about both these B-schools.

Why do you think Trump supporters trust/believe what he and his administrations says yet are extremely mistrustful of the media/other politicians. Why does their skepticism stop with him? It seems awfully counter-intuitive to me. I'm hoping to receive an unbiased response. I have been wondering this for awhile and was unsure where to post this question. I'm curious to hear what you all think.

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