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I prefer facts over hyperbole and conjecture

Me too... I will put my Conservatism up against anyone on this or most any FReep thread and I'm probably to the Right of a lot. But a Conservatism that loses is not my idea of what we need. The Communists at least understood that if they couldn't win outright, they'd keep taking half a loaf until there was nothing left. Can we do differently when there are so many different views that we have to keep happy? I think not.

Yet again I agree. I am a conservative, but the word has been used to often as a weapon, just as liberal has become a weapon. It's not useful to label people and still the public discourse over name calling and labeling. People are far more complex then that. I consider it to be an affront to the individual dignity to simply label a person, therefore dismissing him as a person not worthy of my time. In fact the very act neutralizes the person into not a person at all but rather a characterization.

I believe this was also a communist tactic, in the way in which I read say, the book 1984, truth became irrelevant the person rendered devoid of all thoughts not controlled by the state. I do not wish to live under any sort of totalitarianism. Either side of the spectrum. I will not dismiss a person simply because their views do not mirror mine.

But I also will not stand by and allow Republicans of any stripe to be slandered on this forum. Most especially when the poster is playing fast and lose with "facts".

It is also disturbing to note that the same people who claim to not trust the MSM, will not hesitate to use it if it serves their purpose to slander someone they consider based on some nebulous criteria not conservative enough. Sad really.

I give people the benefit of the doubt when deciding whether or not to support them. I look for unbiased reports on them. If I can't find those then I read it all and know that some where in the middle is the truth. Of all of my God given abilities, I was not blessed with the ability to judge a man's heart.