Radically Different Political Views

I was reading Dr. Helen’s column on Pajamas Media the other day. Her final question was:

Do you think you could ever be married to, or in a long-term relationship with, someone with radically different political views from your own?

My answer is “no.”

Dr. Helen’s answer was basically that she has certain qualities that she values and, as long as the person has those qualities, political views shouldn’t matter.

That sounds good, but for most of us, our political views flow from the qualities we value, so it would follow that vastly different political views would indicate some level of incompatibility.

I have no problem getting along with people who have different political views, but I wouldn’t want to have to reconcile those opposing views on issues that impact my personal life.

When it comes to the big issues in life, for example, raising children, I just don’t see how two people with radically different views could make it work, or at least, why they would want to.

I’ll take my extreme, right-winger hubby any day. It just makes life that much easier.