I don't dislike Republicans, Christians, Democrats, Jews, Libertarians, Atheists, Greens, Buddhists or people of any other faith or creed.

I do not dislike people who have arrived at different conclusions than I have about the same issues, as long as they've actually taken the time to consider them.

I do dislike people who have not taken the effort to even think about the issues, but are willing to blindly accept whatever they are told. The last time I checked, two plus two equalled four, but there are a substantial number of people in the US who are more than willing to believe that two plus two equals five as long as the right person tells them it's so. Was it Spiro Agnew who said, "My mind's made up. Don't confuse me with the facts."?

I also dislike people who believe that all people who feel a certain way about issue "A" automatically feel a certain way about issue "B". My daughter is very active in the anti-war movement. She is also pro-life. Yet, at every peace rally she attends she's heckled by shouts of "baby killer" by people who assume that anyone who is against the war is, by default, pro-choice. It's particularly ironic since she often has my seven-year-old grand-daughter at the rallies - a child who was born because my daughter chose not to have an abortion when she could have.