What if I told you that it’s possible to both agree and disagree with the same person?

It seems like a silly question. Most of us understand this fundamental concept inherently. Yet the idea seems lost on so many these days.

In the polarized world we live in, too many people cling to the ideas of a person or ideology — often the same.

It’s all or nothing. They hold dear the words and concepts of said cause with rigid solidarity. Blind acceptance of what is.

When a person of influence — podcaster, politician, author, etc. — says something that resonates with an individual, that individual often develops a positive bias towards said influencer. Over time, regardless of what the influencer says, the individual tends to agree without second thought.

This is prevalent in politics. Serious conservatives and liberals are the harshest critics of each other, yet never question the ideologies their party supports.

It isn’t a case of close-mindedness, it’s more a lazy refusal to think.

The idea that one can agree with an idea or statement from a person or organization, and disagree with another, is lost on what seems to be the majority.

And it’s terrifying.

There is a middle ground. There always has been.

But it seems as though fewer and fewer people choose to occupy it.