Democracy Rocks With Dr. Bob Leonard Summary

The outside event that I attended was called “Democracy rocks” with Dr. Bob Leonard. Dr. Leonard is an author that writes about politics and what is going on around the country and most importantly Washington D.C. What I noticed was this was more of a talk and speak/question type of seminar. Dr. Leonard talked about a lot of things, he talked about the difference between Republicans and democrats. He said how everyone starts from a different viewpoint, and can change many times throughout their lives. He stated the main differences between them that most people do not see. He pointed out how conservatives seem to see the bad in people, while liberals see the good. This actually really made sense to me based on all of the policies that these other people in the crowd were asking.
Going with this, Dr. Leonard brought up controversy issues going on right now with guns. He said how Democrats believe that the guns are doing the damage, they blame the guns, so they want more gun control. While the Republicans don’t want gun control, because they blame the people who are using the guns. Listening to what he was saying and hearing the people reply to this made me laugh, because he was not targeting anyone, and a lot of these people who stated they were Democrats were getting very offended and mean towards him and others because of their beliefs? I sat back and just listened to how they were replying and what Dr. Leonard had to say. I really began to understand how inconsiderate people are when it comes to their political beliefs attending this seminar. I do not understand why people get so butt hurt and upset about what people say? You do not need to get all mean and aggressive because people have other beliefs than