Oh, those politics.

My friend once said a very smart thing: the word "politics" could be interpreted as having the prefix "poly-", meaning "many", and then there's the root of "tics", meaning "blood-sucking parasites". So politics = many blood-sucking parasites. Works, no? xD
So here's the thing: everyone's either "liberal" or "conservative", or "crazy"; respectively, Republican or Democrat, or some independent party. Everyone's views are everyone's business these days.
Since I've been learning more extensively about the American government these days, I realized that in the actual government, these liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, will also have their clashes.
I've been reading about the different forms of federalism we've had over the years, and the most recent development happened after 9/11 with the Patriot Act and stuff. After I read about what it was (the government being able to take aside anyone they suspect is a terrorist), I thought that there was no way everyone could have agreed on this. Liberals would have said that it's politically incorrect to stop just about anyone; they might be hurt by the fact that you said they look like a terrorist, and lots of racial profiling would ensue. Conservaties probably argued that it's necessary for the nation's safety, and are we really willing to let a potential terrorist pass by just because we did not want to hurt his feelings? (Which would be why the Patriot Act was passed.)
And it's kind of weird, because now that I think about it, my personality type would so be liberal, but I'm more middle of the road (with a bit of a conservative tendency).
See, here's the thing: I always worry about how people will feel and what people think and how the outcome is going to be just from the trail of emotions that would ensue. But at the same time, I know what's realistic, you know? Because not everyone is going to be happy all the time, but they'll eventually get over it, unless they're hopelessly stubborn and haven't grown up since they were 12.
So this is why I'm an emotional artist-type and yet more conservative. Thought I'd share. Not everything we think of is feasible; liberals and conservatives actually have the same ideas sometimes--liberals just want it NOW, while conservatives are taking realistic steps to get there.
In my opinion.

(Just in case anyone replies: "Conservatives are ____" (fill in the blank with anything negative) is not a valid argument.)