To: Broken_Clock who wrote (1082399 ) 8/9/2018 2:20:07 PM From: RetiredNow Read Replies (2) | Respond to LOL. Well, I kind of have no choice. Lot's of liberals in my circles. I hang out with affluent corporate types and academic types, who are almost all self-made people, so it's about 50/50 between liberals and conservatives. However, to all of their credit, they aren't angry people. Mostly, they live cush lives and are happy with how they have performed. But they do say some startlingly insensitive things at times. The liberals among my friends are fine human beings and legitimately caring people, but they don't see the flaws in themselves at all. When we get together, I have noticed my conservative friends and myself tend to either avoid political discussions or we soft pedal our own opinions so as not to upset any of our liberal friends. It's a form of self-censorship. It's an amazing thing when you step back and look at it all. In many ways, the liberals have taken the upper hand in our culture. Many times, cultural taboos and subtle rules of civil society are far more powerful than any laws we pass. That's what has me worried. Political correctness and bullying, as well as self-censorship and a complete disregard for freedom of speech all are now the norm in American culture. In that way, the liberals have won without firing a shot and the conservatives have ceded the field.
