QUOTE: I was going through some of my old text clippings on my desktop (witty IM banter, witty away messages, witty quotes that didn't make it into my blog), and I came across this very thought-provoking statement which accords with a couple of the arguments I've had over the last few days:
"As a former subscriber to The Nation, I think it's fair of me to note those criticisms, especially inasmuch as (whatever Becky might say to the contrary), I'm still a fairly traditional Democratic leftist. As much as there are very serious and important things that need to be done, both by the government and by the country as a whole, no one of any common sense whatsoever will respond to lectures about how irresponsible they are-- in other words, it's hard to conceive of Liberalism in America that doesn't start with the idea that Americans are idiots who need their hands held if they're ever going to behave like civilized people."
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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