09-19-2005, 03:17 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-19-2005, 03:20 AM by Chaerophon.)
Quote:Did you mean 'the right'? Or am I totally misreading your post?
Naw, I 'misposted' my post. :) As it stands, it could be read either way.
What I meant to say? Pundits on the Left often imply that in order to be a 'liberal' one must be pro-choice. After all, if you're not for 'women's rights' [sic] how can you be a liberal?
Pundits on the right (particularly Coulter, I've noticed) condemn any idea that appears to be vaguely 'liberal' on the basis of the fact that 'liberals' are bad people [sic, again] who think that its okay to kill a half-born baby.
I'd say that of the "Coulter rants" that I've had the good fortune to hear (or read), about 90% have come to one of two conclusions: "liberals kill babies" or "we should take over Canada". As you point out, rallying cries for the ignorant (which is not to say that that is only a problem in the US!).
But whate'er I be,
Nor I, nor any man that is,
With nothing shall be pleased till he be eased
With being nothing.
William Shakespeare - Richard II
Nor I, nor any man that is,
With nothing shall be pleased till he be eased
With being nothing.
William Shakespeare - Richard II