Charles Krauthammer opined that to understand American politics, you had to realize that “Conservatives think liberals are ignorant, and liberals think conservatives are evil.”

In a Chico turnaround, it’s the liberal homeless advocates (HoAds) who think conservatives are ignorant for not agreeing to a managed campground — while the conservative citizens (ConCits) dismiss the HoAds as evil.

I could suggest to liberal HoAds that this is a teachable moment. But since I’m a conservative, they won’t listen and they’ll dismiss me as evil, as I’m trying to explain how they’re being dismissed as evil by people who won’t listen.

Where can we find the answers towards mutual cooperation? I’ve heard a popular saying misquoted as “The proof is in the pudding.” That’s nonsensical. But since I have a bowl of pudding in front of me, I’ll take a look.

With pudding up to my wrists, I found a rolled up scroll at the bottom of the bowl upon which the word “proof” was written. I unrolled the scroll and it said, “It’s just this simple. The more you love, the less you hate.”

Who’d have thunk it? The proof was actually in the pudding. And the solution to our disagreements is simply more love … or maybe more pudding. I’m going with both.

— Peter Bridge, Glenn

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