Rubric (Right sees Left, Left sees Right)

I think the liberal and conservative positions are just too far apart to really bridge.  At this point I think the best we can do is agree to disagree.  Below is a rubric that, while glib and non exhaustive, helps give some clarity as to why the two sides are so far apart.  Part of the problem is perception is so strong that it creates a reality all its own.

THE LEFT (as seen by the right)	THE RIGHT (as seen by the left)
I relate to others by proxy via a nebulous “society” Culture is so pervasive that people generally don’t make choices so much as they serve as a conduit to channel society’s norms	I relate to others person to person as distinct individuals What one person does is what one person does.  You can’t generalize up from that one encounter.
The experience of my life (and my tribe) is a singularity same planet, different world	My life can tap into a universal human experience Western and Eastern tradition of great books that go back to the ancients which contain supercultural universal truths
Group policing from the top down produce a polity	Atomized individual internal morals from the bottom up produce a polity
Man is basically good and with ample education will choose to do the right thing starts out as a blank slate	Man is basically a moral agent of good or evil but starts out bent (a lot of conservatives run businesses where they deal with the nature of man firsthand)
Being connected to wealth and privilege pays off	Hard work pays off
Empowerment Employer pitted against employee (the less just a society the more power you need to override unjust actions)	Virtue Romanticizing of work and servanthood
Juncture incidents success is fragile, even people with tons of privilege failing incidents can keep people far from it like felony conviction or disability based prejudice at job interview (both of these can haunt one for the rest of their life)	Building a life A power washing business a person started in high school that they built up over the years which eventually brought them success
Identity borne out of pain	Identity borne out of pride
Taboos surrounding food	Taboos surrounding sex
Psychology as religion Psychology as arbiter of truth	Christianity and/or anglo exceptionalism as religion
The pharmacological man The mind is what the brain does. Drugs give us the healing and the experience of the divine the ancients obtained via other means	The classical man Man straight line from the ancients.
Advocacy of government services to help the poor Fight gentrification meeting	Ad hoc service to the poor Churches and faith based charities serving the poor Raking a shut in’s yard
It is primarily the school’s responsibility to educate the kid	It’s largely the parent’s responsibility to make sure the kid gets a good education
free will largely an illusion	will power
The earth meant to share and pass on	The earth meant to subdue
Micro aggression Subtle words and actions that uphold oppressive hierarchies	Blasphemy Taking God’s name in vain
Guarded words Singularity, privilege lacking groups cannot be criticized in the same way members of one religion can’t tell members of other religion what to do about their faith	Flippant (dislikes to despises political correctness)
Open for debate Only when force isn’t in the process of being used (like taking women’s’ healthcare away)	Open for debate Will steamroll over liberal taboos (like minorities fail partly due to personal responsibility) Truth labeled as hate speech
Empowerment begets luck	You make your own luck Makers and takers  47%
Empowerment begets hope	Achievement begets hope
Suffering destroys the self	Suffering builds character you’ll be a “better person” for it
Hanging in the air your Shalom is my cold war	We’re good
Hyper Sensitive to rule breaking wrong pronoun for trans person Purity tests for intellectuals (Jordan Peterson)	Hyper sensitive to condescension vilify arrogance, (basket of deplorables) making fun of Roy Moore supporters Hate every opinion of theirs being branded as sexist/racist/homophobic
Those lower given benefit of the doubt Trayvon Martin	Those higher given benefit of the doubt
Flippancy (saying something racist) is telling	Flippancy  (saying something racist) blowing off steam
Feminism	Men’s rights Redpill MGTOW
Gun control	Gun rights
Urbanites and coastal elite	Flyover country rural
Liberal Deal breakers Evangelical Christian specifically ones that think I deserve perdition for not believing Against or uncomfortable with alternative lifestyles and sexual orientations	Conservative deal breakers on Medicaid, food stamps, section 8, disability had an abortion (sometimes) LGBTQA+ (sometimes)
Save Their Worst for: Gun nuts. Flyover country rural uneducated whites. Any one who utters a remark that is or can be construed as racist, sexist, or homophobic	Save Their Worst for: Beer and shot conservatives save their worst for people who buy lobster with food stamps Intellectual conservatives save their worst for people who played by all the rules that did everything the system told them to (worked hard, stayed moral) and still failed
Liberal not allowed to say People far from privilege mostly brought their fate on by themself by being lazy and immoral	Conservative not allowed to say I am a victim of prejudice due to my lack of privilege
Terms Privilege Patriarchy Empowerment	Terms Personal responsibility Grit Dynamism
Weaknesses People eventually may vote themselves the treasury	Weaknesses Dependent upon a virtuous polity and social norms which have been crumbling the past 40 years
See the other side Acknowledge bourgeoisie morals do make a difference, a very big one in some cases Don’t denigrate patriotism, you may not agree with everything the military is called to do but the fact is without them there wouldn’t be an America	See the other side Empathize with people with talent, heart, and grit who haven’t gotten near as far as they should because of lack of privilege