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Originally Posted by Derwood
When will Liberals actually act like open-minded, forward thinking people as their title suggests?
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The Democratic Party specifically (I'm not trying to speak for liberals in general) has a very inconsistent stance on "openmindedness", as you term it. They get the right answer on issues like flag burning (some of them, anyway) and early term abortion. But they don't support other freedoms that would seem to merit as much protection as the ones they fight for. These include, but are not limited to: violent video games, guns, freedom of (not from) religion, and many economic issues.
I'm no libertarian, but I would like to see a party that understands that it is not the role of the government to protect people from themselves. Mrs. Clinton, along with a host of other politicians, has yet to realize this.
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