Thanks for posting that, Little Hawk.

The primary thing I was stomping on in GfS's post is the idea that liberals favor living off the work of other people. That is not, in any way, part of the definition of "liberal," nor is it what liberals want. The whole thrust of liberalism is freedom from the kind of restrictions and interference that tyrants, bullies, and the kind of people who think they have the right to tell other people how to live. This is what liberalism opposes.

Of course, it is those tyrants, bullies, and interfering snoop-nuisances who, for that very reason, hate liberals the most. When the world needs changing, it's the liberals and progressives who see the necessity, initiate the action, and take all the crap from those who have a vested interest in trying to maintain the status quo.

I tend to agree with Benjamin Disraeli, who once said, "I regard myself as a fiscal conservative and a social liberal."

If you think about it, you can readily see that the two are not mutually exclusive, as some would have you believe.

Don Firth