06-25-2011, 01:30 AM
Hi,
It's the labels that irritate me. Also, the tendency to demonize anyone not at exactly one's degree of compromise as an extremist.
Perhaps it is the fact that I am constantly accused of being a communist, a fat cat capitalist, a totalitarian, an anarchist, etc. by people who are offended by my pragmatism.
Instead of slinging mud at each others' general positions, it would be more informative to discuss specifics. What would be an appropriate educational system? How are the extremes accommodated? What about health care? Roads and highways? Etc.
--Pete
(06-24-2011, 06:18 AM)eppie Wrote: I just think it is very difficult for people to draw a line between what is accepted and what is too much state interference on moral grounds.
It's the labels that irritate me. Also, the tendency to demonize anyone not at exactly one's degree of compromise as an extremist.
Perhaps it is the fact that I am constantly accused of being a communist, a fat cat capitalist, a totalitarian, an anarchist, etc. by people who are offended by my pragmatism.
Instead of slinging mud at each others' general positions, it would be more informative to discuss specifics. What would be an appropriate educational system? How are the extremes accommodated? What about health care? Roads and highways? Etc.
--Pete
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