Decius wrote: ] ] I think I'd get along here about as well as I would at the ] weekly Republican duck hunt. Maybe at first it would be ] easier, as I would "look" like a liberal. Maybe I could avoid ] revealing that I'm not a socialist and I didn't opposed the ] war in Afghanistan... But inevitably they would pile on to ] some poorly thought out advocacy mission or try to sign me on ] to some gross Democratic party legislative initiative which ] aims to restrict my personal freedom for the benefit of one of ] their activist groups, and things would quickly boil into ] argument. ] ] The problem is that both the left and the right wish to ] restrict my personal freedom in one way or another, and the ] libertarians want to privatize the freeway system based on ] oversimplified ideas about market economics. I have no ] political family. I have no party. ] ] For those that do, Drink the Koolaid liberally, and enjoy! but aren't forums and blogospheres and other echo chambers just places where the fringe have the loudest voice? I say you should go to one of the drink-o-wonks and really elbow it up. Give them half a chance, even if you don't have a political party at least it's a party. RE: Drinking Liberally |