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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

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From: Brumar896/29/2007 7:36:56 PM
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More on The View thread:

Thanks to the PM'er who pointed out that one person on The View thread (X) knows they're liberals over there:

Message 23662805
Since most of us are somewhat, to very (me), liberal here, would anyone like to talk about it? I think it might be more interesting to discuss it here, at least for me: ...

Whoops, that much honesty is unwelcome:

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It doesn't work for me to take ideological labels …
Dale Baker

I don't like labels. Neil Guttenberg

I've pretty much tried to give up the notion of "liberals" or "conservatives"
JohnM

Is it true? Do these folks really reject liberal / conservative labels? Well, I can't say about Gutenberg but Baker and JohnM have no problem with the labels on other occasions (a selection from a large sample):

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.. the Bush-Cheney-Rove style of conservative Republican rule. Dale Baker - guess he was off the no idealogical labeling wagon that day.

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another stubborn, dogmatic knee-jerk CONSERVATIVE
Dale Baker again having no problem with idealogical labeling. Complete with sound byte definition too.

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The New York Times produces yet another survey that suggests the younger generation is more liberal than oldsters. God, we should hope so.
JohnM - if he's trying to give up the notion of liberals and conservatives, he didn't have the willpower to resist that day.

Seems the only time they have a problem with liberal / conservative labelilng is when it is suggested they are liberals.

Hmmm.
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