Beware! There is a terrible new virus going around, Liberal "Twitch" Syndrome. It affects the recipient with extremely violent emotional reactions toward anything perceived as even remotely "liberal". This can include, commonly, things like:

A. Views which: reflect compassion or forgiveness, suggest nonviolence or disarmament or peace talks, suggest that war is not the best way to solve issues, suggest that people should try to get along, recommend a meeting of hearts and minds, etc...

B. Anything that seems to favour or tolerate gays and lesbians.

C. Liking the Democratic Party.

D. Disliking the Republican Party.

E. Sympathizing with Chimpanzee's rights.

F. Suggesting that Ronald Reagan was a poor actor and a worse president.

G. Suggesting that Bill Clinton was not totally evil.

H. Suggesting that socialism is ever justified in any circumstance, even a teeny little bit of it.

When any of the above are detected by the wretched carrier of LTS, he or she bursts into a stream of invective, often accompanied by outbursts of profanity similar to Terret's Syndrom. Ann Coulter, for instance, is a famous LTS carrier. More subtle effects of LTS can prompt lengthy essays sprinkled with a lively and appealing mix of unrelated facts which appear to support the main argument which is that liberals are gutless scum responsible for the breakdown of society. For this, look to individuals such as William F. Buckley or Barbara Amiel.

Carriers of LTS are irresistibly drawn to websites where large numbers of people they perceive as "liberals" may be found. There the LTS sufferer takes up residence and battles daily with the liberals his illness has identified as scum who must be defeated, demolished, and humiliated. He battles them with an unquenchable zeal and hatred.

In so doing, he inevitably comes head to head with sufferers of CTS! Conservative "Twitch" Syndrome, that is...

It works exactly the opposite way, except usually without the profanity. In fact, sufferers of CTS pride themselves on taking the erudite "high road" and looking down their noses at the crude tactics of the LTS sufferer. Each side has utter contempt for the other, and neither one of them will quit until death or exhaustion stops them from further posting.

There is nothing sadder than seeing an LTS victim locked in daily combat with a CTS victim...day after day after day after day...while life slips by!

Oh! The humanity. Something must be done. I recommend frequent viewings of old Star Trek videos to break the chain of compulsive thinking that has these poor wretches in thrall.