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By Rebecca D. Costa
Author of The Watchman’s Rattle

It must be obvious that we live in oppositional times.

No matter what candidate, ballot measure, idea or program we put on the table, those who will oppose it always far outnumber those who are willing to advocate.  It isn’t even a close call.

If you doubt me, just listen to any radio talk show that encourages its listeners to phone in, or read the Sunday letters to the editor.  By an overwhelming majority, we oppose. In fact, so much so that it’s easy to see why we have become gridlocked in the nation’s capital.  If we oppose every solution, then how can we progress – the last time I checked, pervasive opposition was the same as gridlock.

For example, take increasing our troops in Afghanistan, illegal immigration, healthcare, social security, epidemics of autism and depression, climate change and offshore drilling regulation.  Opposition everywhere.  It doesn’t matter which side we take, we don’t like what has been proposed, though we don’t really have any solutions either.

What causes a society to mistake opposition for advocacy?  What makes us passionate about what we are against?  Become our greatest obstacles toward progress?

The answer lies in a pattern of human behavior that is as old as the organism itself.

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