How does this happen? How does one set of people all the line up the same on one side of all the issues and another set of people line up on the opposite side?
I mean, climate change and abortion: It would seem how you stand on climate change has nothing to do with how you feel about abortion. But, strangely enough, all the people who believe in climate change also believe in abortion. Isn't that incredible? And this phenomenon gets even stranger: Add immigration to the mix: Believe it or not, all the people who believe in climate change and abortion also just happen to all believe in more liberal immigration policies.
Strange, indeed. Is a twilight zone setting in?
Is there something innate about all these issues that brings one set of people to all believe the same, issue after issue after issue, and another set of people to just happen to each agree on the opposite side, issue after issue after issue?
Amazing.
Perhaps, you will conclude that all these issues do have intangible connections. You can't put your finger on why, but, yes, a person who believes in climate change is naturally going to also believe in abortion.
I am not so sure. I rather think we divide ourselves. We feel allegiance to being "conservative" or to being "liberal," and rather than basing our stands solely on reason, we simply adopt whatever stand our political party dictates.
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