I saw this on another book blog last November I think and searched it out after reading its synopsis. I used to consider myself pretty conservative, but I’ve come to be much more of a centrist. And one thing I’ve always had an issue with is the hypocrisy of many who call themselves progressive. This book puts what I’ve always thought into well explained terms and even gives suggestions for why this is the way it is and what things we might try to do in order to work on this. We need the people who say they want to work together with the other side and work on compromise to be willing to actually do that, to think on how other people see things and work to compromise, not just steam-roll their own beliefs as the only ones. I know that I used to like to argue with people all the time. It didn’t matter their viewpoint though, I liked to be the devil’s advocate and come up with the opposite of what they thought. Even when they agreed with what I thought I was right, by doing this, I often convinced myself to change my own thoughts and opinions. I wish everyone was able to do this. Until people can do that, I think we will continue to struggle as a country at coming together and working for the good of everyone.

Review first published on Lisa Loves Literature.