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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Neocon who wrote (85787)8/19/2000 12:49:26 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
These broad classifications suffer from the same lack of precision that I object to in racial identifications. I'm a "white" guy with a brother and father who have type-S (as in Sickle cell proteins). In Louisiana, not so long ago, that would have made me "black" and I'd be entitled to all the "rights" and "privileges" bestowed upon such people. I have blue eyes, and when in High School, had long blonde hair.

Ah yes, something was definitely "right" back then. Sure, that's something we need to embrace - old values. Your conservative definitions sound reactionary. A reaction to a movement. A movement that embraces the individual and individual rights. Conservatives are always whining about the restriction of individual rights, yet want to promote Christian-centered science and secular agenda that seek to push faith-based principles on people without that faith. That's just inconsistent. Hillary Clinton wants a liberal vote base so she touts such causes (that she may somewhat believe), yet her financial dealings in Whitewater seem more like the Smoke Filled Room politics of Tammany. People are what they do. It's that simple.

So I'm a moderate in your three star political constellation? Well so are the vast majority of people. We just want a system that works. One that doesn't promulgate a religious agenda but does solve real social problems in a way that is measurable. We want systems that encourage people to rise and not stagnate. Ones that lead people to ask "Is there a better way?" yet demand evidence that the ways we try are truly better. These simplistic labels just aren't on my "path to truth".
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