November 23, 2007

Liberals Aren't All Alike

By Christopher Chantrill
Conservatives tend to talk about liberals as if they were all the same.  This is wrong. Liberals are not all alike.  They are all alike in some respects.  They all believe in universal health care, a polite way of suggesting that other people should pay for the increasing health problems of Democratic voters.  That came through through loud and clear from the cheering section at the Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas last week.It's also true that they all believe that President Bush is stupid and that Vice President Cheney is the real power behind the throne.But we should not be misled by these tempting correlations of data.  Just because there is a correlation in a data set, the scientists tell us, doesn't mean that there is a real connection.  As people of faith we conservatives should not rashly abandon our tolerant belief that liberals are a diverse community and that we should celebrate their diversity.There is another consideration. ...(Read Full Article)