[Democratic_Machiavelli]

How about Monolib? :) Maybe not.

I don't understand it either. I think people may grab on to one topic and obssess about it because they don't have enough confidence in their abilities to take up other causes. They find a little success in the first area of politics they splash into and they find they want more applause from whatever group they've chosen.

Personally, I enjoy reading about a lot of topics. I'm finding that many things tie together if you look deep enough (as shown by this thread).

[WaterDragon]

The insecurity you mention might be the key. I've noticed that the abortLibs become almost hysterical at the idea of any restrictions whatsoever on abortion. For example, I showed my friend reports about a number of clinics that were incompetent, almost criminally so, putting women's lives at risk. She simply didn't want to believe that was possible! One thing I am glad about, though. She does support banning so-called partial-birth abortion. She recognizes it as outright murder.