"Lighten up and let some other views, some other traditions into the public arena."
Not when they consist of deeply and emotionally held beliefs passed down a few generations which are completely untouched by reality, rationality, common sense, or any recollection of who actually started the fight -
How weird.
YOU "started the fight", here at FR. -- And Frum started it with his idiotic namecalling.
not to mention the frequently racist and/or anti semitic overtones employed by paleocons.
And thus you continue it..
-- The fact is there ARE NO
-- "deeply and emotionally held beliefs passed down a few generations which are completely untouched by reality, rationality, common sense" ---
- that divide rational conservatives.
You 'neo'creeps are manufacturing them.