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Originally posted by Ustwo
But I do find it amusing that how much Liberals HATE these days, and how intolerant they are. There is a reason only 19% of the US identify themselves as liberal these days.
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It's not the label that bothers me. It's the way that you use the label to make blanket statements. For instance, here you're calling all people who identify themselves as liberals as hateful and intolerant. Gosh. Thanks, Ustwo.
filtherton hit the nail on the head. Shit, he about busted through the wood. Labels summarize an ideology, but they only approximate any specific individual's actual beliefs, and calling any group of people hateful and intolerant is just plain insulting, labels or no. Labels are not generally an effective way of presupposing your opponent's arguments; in the end you end up putting words in his mouth, and then they yell at you for a while, and then redravin comes in and tells us all to simmer down now. :P
Sixate does the same thing with the religious. Don't tell me you're surprised when people jump all over him.