Yes, listen to Mick.

Meanwhile, back to the "liberals," I find it hard to believe that people who are generally well educated and articulate can find it so hard to articulate the truth. They shower degrees and academic laurels on themselves, yet they're so bad at articulating truth that I have to wonder whether they even KNOW the truth.

For example...

My father pointed out to me once that affirmative action is bad. And not for the reactionary reasons you might think (evil right winger). He said that giving someone economic advantage based on race has been PROVEN bad. It was tried before and didn't work. He was talking about slavery. Think about it. Why would you support preferential treatment based on race? And why should what used to be bad (race/class divisions reinforced by economics) now be considered good? I've talked to third-graders who understand this simple concept, yet most liberals go into a short circuit when they are confronted with the paradox. They try to rationalize and justify, but bad is bad, white, black or blue.