The 'liberals' that Keith Thompson is slagging are not the liberals I know.

I agree with this early belief of his: "All my commitments centered on belief in equal opportunity, due process, respect for the dignity of the individual and solidarity with people in trouble." (Incidentally, I wonder how many 'conservatives' would agree with that statement? An approach that exemplifies what I consider the essence of civilization.)

I think a great many of his other opinions are sweeping, shallow and superficial. I don't know who he hangs out with.

When he talks about how 'liberals' feel about the carnage in Afghanistan and links the war to 9/11, he ignores the fact that Osama is/was a Saudi, and that the Afghanistan populace is suffering the consequences of his presence in the country. As sexist, fundamentalist and cruel as they were/are, even the Taliban did not necessarily have anything to do with 9/11.

As for SH thinking that liberals have grown up that way, I would guess the reverse is far more likely to be true. My own family is/was conservative- and so was I. The first president I voted for was Nixon. (the time that he didn't make it. So there.) Even Kendall was Republican at one time; so were many others. As we got older we started seeing the inconsistencies, and probably gradually, in most cases, started realizing that our beliefs were bearing the wrong label.

Susu's Hubby, what are/were the politics of your birth family?