[Moneyguy1]

yeti:

Probably. Sometimes things are posted that make no sense and are not relevant to the subject, meant more to deflect than to enlighten.

I am beginning to agree with the idea that the right has tried with some success to make the word "liberal" sound unAmerican somehow without knowing what it really means. There are liberal leaning Republicans on some aspects of philosophy as well as conservative leaning Democrats. The problem of labelling is that it tends to oversimplify things and that satisfies narrow monded bigots quite well. Anything a fanatic or True Believer does not agree with is de facto wrong and evil.

Whereas the extreme of "liberal" could be taken as anarchy, it appears that the extreme of conservative is based upon fear. The fear they might be wrong, the fear of change, the fear of contradiction, all of which leads to anger and attack when threatened. Both concepts are basically flawed. I think most people can, if given time, see through the rhetoric and make at least a rational decision, leaving the extremists out in the cold where they seem to like it; jousting at windmills.


BTW...Did you know that Hitler was Time Magazine's "Man of the Year" before WWII? Just an interestinf factoid.