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Kate McInnes: You don’t have to have an opinion on everything that’s posted

If you say yes, you’re a bigoted racist. If you say no, you’re an un-American socialist. And, somehow, this question automatically places you in a political party. How do you respond to such a loaded question?

We’re left to defend our beliefs over and over again, never really getting anywhere, always circling back to the beginning. I call this a circular argument. We are so set in our political affiliation that right and wrong are parallel with conservative and liberal, and our mindsets are not easily swayed.

Political affiliation has nothing to do with one’s self-worth or character, or at least we shouldn’t allow it to.