Two Sides to Every Story?

Bruce Magnotti
2 min readMar 18, 2021

What if there are only two sides?

There are not, of course, there are an infinite number. I am confused as why there are always only two presented.

Perhaps more than two challenges the neural circuits as neurobiology claims these circuits are either on or off. Like the computer binary system.

If we settle the discussion on two sides, two options, one is right and the other wrong.

It is not like that. Is the head side of a coin right and the tail side wrong?

Liberal and conservative are much like the two sides of a coin. The coin being the American government and the tails and head as left and right, two sides of the same history and political influence.

Are you getting this? Are you on a side?

Yes?

Then you are the division of our country. You are not part of the problem — you are the problem.

Please stop.

Problems are not evil (inefficient) unless they are not resolved. In fact, problems are the generator of adaptation. The energy that drives evolution, in this case evolution is government becoming more representative, equitable, encouraging, and productive.

You can be both pro-abortion and pro-life. You can be both pro-gun and pro-gun laws.

You can believe that the government can solve societal problems and recognize that the government is failing to solve them.

You can believe there are an infinite number of genders as defined by society and understand that there are two distinct sexes.

You can be a capitalist and support socialist programs — that work. You can believe in immigration and have borders that protect citizens.

You can feel secure with a strong military but be outraged that they may be used inappropriately at times.

But what if there are only two sides and you are on the wrong one?

Fine Art by Rani Laik

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Bruce Magnotti
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Bruce is an author and poet in the Pacific Northwest. He writes poetry and short stories and publishes in the U.S. and Europe. His site — http://urbannoire.com