[ek_hornbeck]

Personal attacks are not a substitute for rational discourse.

And dismissing your ideological opponents as "so-called conservatives" isn't a personal attack?

[wideawake]

And dismissing your ideological opponents as "so-called conservatives" isn't a personal attack?

I stand corrected.

By the way, please note that I am not arguing that it is justifiable because other people have done it.

It actually is not justifiable.