Sometimes, It’s Complicated

When someone makes an assertion during a discussion on politics and asks for my position, I often respond, “I believe it’s more complicated than that.”  Border security, declarations of war, limits on free speech, teaching religion in public schools, administering drugs to children, criminal penalties, Israel/Palestine, closing the gap between rich and poor, and dozens of other issues are nuanced, whether we like it or not.

Of course, there many issues in which my viewpoint is black and white.  There are things I want none of, e.g., money in politics and the death penalty, and there are things I want categorically, say, universal healthcare, Carbon Fee and Dividend, common sense gun laws, and a woman’s right to choose abortion.

Yet we need to understand the validity of the point being made in the meme above.