The problem described in the article “My Intractable, Gun-Loving, Anti-Government, Right-Wing Cousin (Who I Like a Lot)” was that there is such a difference between the two political parties which Currie describes as “Maine’s brunch and Bud Light crowds”. Many people believe that if someone doesn’t have the same political views, they cannot associate with that person. Using an example from the article, Currie, the author, had never shot a gun before. Since he is a liberal, he does not particularly like guns. They scare him because of how dangerous they are. He thinks that no one should be allowed to have them. His cousins brought him to a shooting range to try shooting a gun and all he could think about was how these are used to kill. However, because the author went to go speak to his cousin, he started to help the problem. By actually sitting down with the cousin and hearing his point of view, he still couldn’t understand why he felt that way, but he accepted it. Just because someone has different political views than you doesn’t mean that they’re a bad person. He realized that people with different political views could still get along and be friends and I think that if everyone knew this, there would not be so many problems with the opposing opinions.
