But before I talk about that I will go back to the discussion that brought this to the forefront. It was over the recent Arizona immigration law. She was passionately offended by the law. I don't remember if she asked for my opinion or I just gave it. I was much less passionate about it, but said that "it really depended on how the law was enforced". She imagined the Arizonan police stopping every Latino on the street and asking for ID; which I agreed would be wrong. However, I mentioned that I could see the law used in a reasonable manner as well. This "aggravated" her.
Anyway, she brought up the conversation with MC and how she wished we could agree "at least sometimes" on philosophical issues. She wishes we could "connect at that level". To me, this was not that big of a deal. But to her, she wants to "connect" at this level. Truthfully, I want to be able to connect at every level. I do understand where she is coming from and do respect her opinion. I just have a different perspective on it.
The disagreement doesn't bother me. However, her saying that we can not "connect" at that level does. MC said that she wasn't asking my opinion but was rather just wanting to be understood. I would like to be able to discuss politics with her, but not if it causes this much strife in our R.
