Flip sides of the same coin. The right's nuts can be just as bad.
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However, I'd rather be wrong their way than your way. If we oppose and work against a move as described, use our time and effort to insure it doesn't come to pass, and it was not a threat to begin with, we've lost nothing but time and effort. If we ignore it as meaning nothing, and it turns out to mean what they fear, we've lost our nation.
Well West Virginia, where does Senator Byrd stand on this issue? Funny, from your post you don't sound too "rebellious."