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To: aladin who wrote (133482)	8/20/2005 1:42:30 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793758

The trouble with a construct like "our liberals" is that it's bogus. There is no such thing as "our liberals." You lump together into an indigestible mass a group of people who have very different values and ideals and thoughts and beliefs. If I said "our conservatives don't believe in evolution or separation of church and state, they don't believe that women should work outside the home, they want all non-white immigrants to be deported and all Muslims to register with a central tracking agency" would you agree? But it's true that some self-styled conservatives do believe these things.

To: aladin who wrote (133482)	8/20/2005 8:02:41 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793758

The trouble with our liberals is that they view those they disagree with as evil and hence their reaction to cheer those who oppose us - even terrorists. John, I don't see how you can characterize my posting here as seeing you as "evil." I certainly disagree with you. And I'm reasonably certain you would characterize me as "liberal", perhaps even "a left liberal." But we've talked, very clearly and directly about where we agree and disagree. I hope without such characterizations. This is clearly one of the most serious problems in American politics today, the demonization of people of other political persuasions.