I wish many had listened to the sober and serious discussion of this issue that Dennis Praeger just had during the last full hour of his radio program.
His guests were Michael Medved and Hugh Hewitt.
You have a point that is getting lost in the hysterical wielding of terminology you're engaging in. I urge you to take a more temperate approach if you truly wish to communicate in good faith.
"Hysterical wielding?"
Is that temperate?