[Eastbound]

"In your scheme of things, Americans have only SINGLE options from which to choose, and those single options just happen to conform to what you currently believe."

Well, yes. It took me a long time to conclude that AMERICANS have only a single option, and that option is to protect and preserve their birthright and to pass it on to the next generation un-scathed and un-diluted. Alas, we are failing, it seems.

For the record, I don't know the difference between a Bircher and a Cedarist. I've learned more about the Birchers than I ever knew on this thread. If the Birchers did good, fine. If they believe what I believe, much the better.

Thank you for your diligence and search for truth.

[Ernie.cal]

Eastbound:

Several scholars have pointed out that the extreme left and extreme right are not polar opposites.

Instead, for many radicals, it is but a short jump across a fevered street.

What all radicals share in common is their peculiar notion that we always have only SINGLE options....i.e. the ones they identify as legitimate, good, decent, honorable, and patriotic.

Now how can they ALWAYS know WHICH proposals or ideas are legitimate, good, decent, honorable, patriotic?

Since they cannot tolerate the underlying values of a pluralistic, free society---namely choice among competing ideas---they eliminate the problem by boldly announcing
that there is only ONE option available---THEIRS!

Genuine choice implies that one's personal favorite options might not be chosen by other people in elections and public policy debates. Consequently---just eliminate the problem by eliminating choice. At first, it's just rhetorical elimination (in debates such as exchanges on FR) but let us all beware...if Eastbound and others who share his/her views prevail, all of us will live by a different definition of what constitutes Americanism.