Liberals Vs. Independents: A Social Analysis

In todays society; religion, race, and even abortion are very taboo subjects that conversationally most try to avoid entirely. One of the biggest “taboo subjects” that reside next to religion is the topic of politics: Liberals versus conservatives versus independents. In my AP government class, taught at a military base in Okinawa Japan, we had to give a speech on what our political views are and why it is the ideal political ideology to have. This assignment proved nerve racking for me because kids in my class are a majority of far right wing conservatives while I am fiscally conservative, socially liberal. Needless to say I fell in the awkward grey space between the two. In life, Trying to get your political views translated and trying to get people to believe and/or agree with them is a daunting task. In my class, there was often debates that occurred between which political ideology was more realistic and ideal in todays shifting society. It really comes down to if more government in the life of Americans is better or if less government involvement is the way to go, which is the approach I took. Instead of committing to an uphill battle of getting conservatives to agree with views of liberals and vice versa , I
Knowing I was about to preach socially liberal ideas to a crowd of diehard conservatives I had to make a lot of decisions about what social topics I should choose from without loosing my audience at the end of my speech. I chose to avoid the topic of abortion (a very emotionally charged subject) and shifted more toward energy and death penalty which were proven to be lighter subjects to discuss. I also decided that to keep my crowd engaged from the begging I would talk about the fiscally conservative side of my argument to keep things relatable up until the