Reply #78: One problem liberals have... [View All]

...is that they can't resist going after every third-rail issue that comes along. Gay marriage vs. civil unions is one of them. It affects a relatively small number of people, yet most people seem to be bothered by it. Before you all start flaming me, I think it's important, but not so important that we need to get our asses handed to us on paper plates over it again and again and again while the nation burns. First put out the fire, then worry about nice-to-haves like this, or better yet, leave it to the think tanks to deal with (isn't that what they're for?). In politics, you learn to compromise and prioritize, and do difficult things in appropriate-sized increments, otherwise, you scare the shit out of people and do a lot of losing, and end up getting ZERO (or less) of what you want. How long did it take for the goddam Republicans to convince people that they had their shit together (not that they actually did)?

There are a lot of people out there who you will NOT convince in a million years that your position, correct as it may be, is the way to go. That is a fact. Perhaps it's these third-rail-issue people who need to go form their own party, and see how things turn out. Oh yeah, I forgot; that's what Ralph Nader and the Greens did in 2000, and we're still suffering the consequences of that brilliant move, thank you very much. I guess we'll just have to learn work more as a team to figure these things out. We don't have a lot of time, so we'd better get us a really good leader who isn't afraid to step on a few toes.

Too many people here regard Liberalism not as a philosophy, but as a religion. That's dangerous, folks. People stop thinking when it comes to religion, and that gets people in trouble.