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To answer roachboy's questions:
Why am I here? I was intrigued by a friendly environment where both sides of American politics can argue under the rubrik of mutual respect, and I wanted to meet the "other side" without puffed-up egos and hate-speech. Yes, I do think that is possible, but as it exists on TFP Politics, it has a long way to go. This is, of course, my opinion.
What do I view myself to be? A former centrist who has found his political environment turned sharply to the right, so now I am considered "liberal" and finding myself arguing for the left in the interest of returning to a balance between ideologies. I fully-recognize that neither side has the answers to everything, and so I am pre-conditioned for "mutual respect", but the last five years have made me intolerant of the pattens of speech that got us to this unbalanced situation in the first place.
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They shackle our minds as we're left on the cross. When ignornace reigns, life is lost!
Zach de la Rocha
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