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[Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

On Feb 19, 2004, at 11:42 PM, Tom Woods wrote:

> A)  There is no one on the list that is not a die-hard liberal .
> or
> B)  The more conservative members are unwilling to present opposition. 
>  Or maybe they're afraid to speak up in fear of the flames that it 
> will prompt?

In my experience reducing complex topics down to liberal/conservative 
labels is a tactic employed by those who aren't interested in real 
discussion. The terms have no real relevance towards any potential 
subject, excluding parody, and have only taken on meaning because of 
Republican political strategy.  One problem with the ranks of the 
Democratic party of 15 years ago is that it was geographically diverse, 
with strongholds in the South and on the coasts.  Republic party 
strategists hit upon the idea of wooing Southern voters from the ranks 
of the Democratic party by playing up cultural differences between the 
different geographic regions.  The terms liberal and conservative has 
lost any potential meaning they might have had are are now mere 
codewords used almost entirely by Republican activists.

If you are interested in actually discussing subjects, then you are 
welcome. If you are simply going to be cutting and pasting urban 
legends then your email address will go straight into the KILL file.

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