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To: watsonfellow
I don't get it? Why is it alright for nutty liberals to boo Kathryn Harris and it's not ok to boo hitlery?!

Ohhh I remember why now, liberals only believe in freedom of expression when it suits them.

Dissent is only welcome when it comes from them.

And popular speech takes precident over free speech.

28 posted on 10/23/2001 1:59:36 PM PDT by Tempest
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To: Tempest
No no no no...my whole point is that it is rude when liberals do it, and it is rude when we do it too.

But from reading the responses to these postings, I should realize that there is a very strong distinction between populist conservatives and more traditionalist conservatives.

There is a famous exchange between St.Thomas More and his son in law in the Play A Man for All Seasons, in which St. More declares that he would give benefit of the laws (substitute civility and manners) to the devil himself, for if he were to cut down all the laws (civility and manners) to chase the devil, when the devil turned around on him, there would be no laws (civility and manners) to protect him!

44 posted on 10/23/2001 2:03:17 PM PDT by watsonfellow
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