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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I don't see this as uniquely democratic or leftist but I otherwise tend to agree with you instead of Atticus on your main point here. No guilt by association.
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I agree with you in general, but not on discrimination type issues -those tend to be more endemic to the left. Patriotism, for example, is an example where this is seen on the right.
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On the other hand, there's something troubling about (e.g.) conservatives who silently abide the use of gay-bashing (a poor shorthand for the effort to make political hay out of the marriage amendment) in an election year. It's not that it makes them homophobes per se, but it smells bad.
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I agree. Many of them are homophobes. The others are just willing to sacrafice "them" for the benefit of "us."
