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[quote=TheManWithAUsername][quote=Anonymous][quote=TheManWithAUsername][b]I have little in common with what I call mush-head liberals. [/b]To my eye, the demonstrators are a mix; there are plenty with clear, sensible ideas.[/quote]
Funny - what's your definition of a mush-head liberal?  (And no, I don't think the terms are redundant.)  [/quote]
Hmm...I don't know if I can easily comprehensively define it, though it would be reasonable to expect me to, since I've just casually used this very insulting term...

Three common traits are moral relativism, pacifism, and myopic sentimentality. I'm not saying that every moral relativist or pacifist is dumb or foolish, of course. Some hold those views for carefully considered reasons.

"Everyone has his/her own truth." Everyone should do their own thing, but shouldn't step on anyone's toes. Everyone should get along.

There's a bland reluctance to avoid doing unpleasant things. Anti-fur b/c furry animals are cute. Pro-immigration b/c it sucks to live in a poor country. Anti-death penalty b/c it sucks to die. Again, it's not the position so much as the reasoning or lack thereof.

One reason I usually call myself a leftist instead of a liberal is that I have too many associations with those images. Also, I'm generally against immigration, I think we have too much free speech, I don't think the death penalty is a very important issue, and I think anti-abortionists have a reasonable perspective (outside of the religious bases).[/quote]

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