I don’t know you very well, though we have posted to each other a few times. So you admit that you are socially liberal, or at least moreso than most here. And that’s fine and dandy. No reason for you to be chased off, in the slightest. Heck, there are even atheists here and lotsa little “l” libertarians.
The difference you are seeing now is that for the first times, at least since FR was created, a social liberal is the frontrunner for the GOP nomination. It was easier to gloss over past differences in candidate preferences because they all at least gave lip service to the post Reagan GOP platform. And none had a certifiably hostile record on the 2A, and none would be caught dead at a NARAL event. Add onto that the illegal alien explosion, and Rudy’s awful record in this regard, and you have the recipe for what is happening now.
Those that put GOP winning above sticking to GOP conservatism are going to get hammered when they support Rudy. Not because we want to destroy the party. We want to save it from irrelevance. Nothing good can come out of abandoning any part of Reaganism: whether its the desire for smaller government, tax cuts, robust military, support for life issues, or constitutionalism.
Excellently said - I concur 100%.
I've never told you this, but you're one of the funniest people I've ever read. :-D You've made me roflmao on many, many occasions.
Anyway, I know folks like me aren't being banned. JimRob is very fair about that.
The concern I have is, JimRob use to stop people from flaming folks for just having a different opinion. Apparently no more. Lately, I've been ripped a new one several times just for saying I don't think Rudy's as bad as all that. And I've seen others given the same treatment.
FR's greatness, in my opinion, came from it being an open discussion forum where the best ideas prevailed.
But the mob seems to be taking over here, now. I don't find much of that open discussion I use to love. Every single political thread boils down to a flame fest.