I was all set to write a mocking post about the liberals in
laughin's head who aren't being Tolerant (a slur which, when used against a liberal, means "you can't tell me I'm wrong because that's mean"), but then
silmaril went and said everything I could have, and more. For if people are hated, they will hate back. After a certain point it is called self-defense. There is a reason saints are exceptional.
Rick Perlstein came through admirably with specifics, and Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany has an apropos anecdote as well.
"One owes respect to the living. To the dead one owes only truth." --Voltaire
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Rick Perlstein came through admirably with specifics, and Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany has an apropos anecdote as well.
"One owes respect to the living. To the dead one owes only truth." --Voltaire