Thanks for the thoughtful comment...and congrats o...

2008-09-23T09:50:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the thoughtful comment...and congrats on being the first commenter. I'd send you a blogstomp tshirt if there were such a thing.

Um, Romney is not socially liberal. He tried to pr...

2008-09-23T00:32:00.000-04:00

Um, Romney is not socially liberal. He tried to present himself as such in order to get elected in Massachusetts. (where I live) But he's a dyed in the wool Mormon with very fundamentalist positions on social issues. While I think McCain has gone quiet on social issue to pander to the fundamentalists, Romney actually is showing his true colors.

Beyond that, I think you have a point here. I'm a liberal, I suppose, and I thought that article was insulting to people of all stripes. As a liberal, it's not that I don't see the need to have a tribal identity, it's that I think anyone who wants to participate should be included, regardless of race, ethnicity, creed, sexuality, etc.

And I know Republicans such as yourself, who are more about fiscal responsibility and keeping government out of our private lives.

The difference tends to be that I think government should have services to protect the most vulnerable amongst us, because humans to tend to be so self-oriented they will not give up their desires for the sake of others whom they do not know. It's the size of our population that urges me to think government has a role, as the vulnerable tend to get segregated into groupings where they're stuck together without the resources to help themselves.

I could go on, but I think that's really the big difference between most liberals and most conservatives. The religious fundamentalists on the right are fringe and the communists on the left are, as well. Yet, sociologist, psychologists, etc want to define us in the extremes. Oh, well.

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