Strange Bedfellows – the Good Kind but not THAT Kind

It’s weird how often we have to remind alleged adults that you can agree with a person on Subject A but disagree with the same individual on Subject B – and still not hate them. The phrase “strange bedfellows” in political context (and not a post-drunken adventure context) are productive but unlikely team-ups. It’s so obvious. But so many restrict their views to false binaries, to all-or-nothing attitudes. I don’t even agree with myself on some things I did or believed yesterday. Everyone is like that. So why are people so rigid? I get there are some traits that can be deal-breakers. If someone has good ideas on reducing litter but they’re also a serial killer, ok fine, don’t ally with them. But most people are within a workable spectrum. There is no being that agrees with you 100% all the time and that includes your past and future self. Find that common ground and work with it!