"... I came to realize that most liberals are the way they are because of the fact that they are following what they have seen their parents do or because of peer pressure or even just the fact that they, while in the liberal frame of mind, are incapable of independent and responsible thoughts..."

umm-hmm....and most conservatives get the way THEY are by careful, considered, reasonable, analytical processes? Right...and I'm sure Rush Limbaugh would agree.

(I'm still reading the article, to better respond to the thrust of the post..)