Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Political Views in Cohousing

[whitney beers (whitneybeers]

What a wonderful plane ride.  Of course we share basic ideas of sharing 
resources, community, etc.  I am quite conservative, a Republican, and have no 
idea why it seems to be common belief among those who view themselves as 
Liberals that conservatives and/or Republicans are incapable of sharing and 
being part of community.  Most religions are BASED on sharing and caring about 
one another.  I am part of a group with very conservative values and very 
liberal ones, and the only trouble we ever have I cannot complain about - 
lively discussions over dinners that last late into the night.  How dull when 
everyone agrees!

Whitney.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Rob Sandelin <floriferous [at] msn.com>
>Sent: Jun 3, 2006 5:21 PM
>To: 'Cohousing-L' <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
>Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Political Views in Cohousing
>
>Back in the 90's when I was roaming around communities and cohousing groups
>as a consultant I found a enormous politcal bias to the left of center. I
>was told by many an old communitarian that, duh, community building is a
>liberal thing.  Then I found myself one day flying to the east coast and
>part of an amazing discussion which involved about 15 people all up and down
>the aisle of the plane about community values. One of the persons in this
>disucssion was a regional campaign manager for George Bushes first
>presidency run. Based on the commentary, the political views of the
>participants ranged from far right to far left. And to my surprise, (I think
>all of us were surprised) there was substantial common ground about
>community values, sharing resources, caring about your neighbors, etc. I
>have never been on a plane ride before or since with this kind of group
>discussion so even the response to the topic was amazing. 
>
>Since that time I visited 4 very conservative communities, all religious
>based. While each had its own set of attributes, the primary difference was
>in the leadership models and decision making models. Many of the other
>attributes of caring, working together, sharing resources, were the same as
>any of the very liberal communties I have been to.  
>
>
>
>Rob Sandelin
>Naturalist, Writer
>The Environmental Science School
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Whitney Beers
Mabey Bridge & Shore, Inc.
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whitneybeers [at] mabey.com