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To: The Philosopher who wrote (46254)	7/21/1999 4:14:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Christopher, you did not read my post. If you had, you would not have said that I (mistakenly) characterized Liberals as "tolerant". After pointing out what a slippery term "liberal" is in the first place, I asked what people today usually mean when they use it. I suggested that they generally mean two things, the first of which is: a) "Liberals" are tolerant or -- this all depends on one's point of view -- too lax and unprincipled in matters of morality, and on racial and religious questions. To spell it out further, if that should be necessary: liberals would characterize themselves as "tolerant" in matters of morality, and on racial and religious questions; their critics would characterize them as "too lax and unprincipled" in these matters. I said nothing about my own point of view. And, as should have been obvious from my post as a whole, I generally prefer to avoid the labels "liberal" and "conservative" altogether. If you had read the post a little more carefully, you might have spared me a lecture. Joan