Open Thread

“in what ways do you mean?”

1) Reproductive rights: shouldn’t be a political issue or up for debate in branch of government.

2) Gun Ownership: constitution pretty clearly outlines this right. Besides, illegal guns are more of a problem than legally obtained firearms.

3) Drug use: all of it needs to be legal and it needs to be regulated in the same manner as alcohol and tobacco products (taxed and some type of quality control established).

Etson – thanks – I actually believe the OT discussions have helped me learn more than I know or thought I knew. Here’s Hoping it rubs off in my interview!

CGar;

I agreed with Etson because he made the statement that the Republicans need to find “stronger candidates”. In my mind, that is not the same thing as saying that they need to temper their policy proposals, which is what Wasder was getting at.

Anyway, that’s it for me today – got to get some work done!

I wasn’t saying I’m liberal CGar, I was saying I’m hardest on people who are otherwise like me (white New Englanders) but don’t think like me. It’s just the usual herd behavior. Herds are threatened by members who are different. And I think it’s fair to use the word “threatened”. Palin is threatening to liberal women because there is a power to herds thinking uniformly, and when women like Palin think differently it threatens that power. “We’re all women and we stand united on XYZ” can be pretty powerful, but when there’s a successful, popular woman standing over there saying “um, no, that’s bullshit, and guess what I’m a woman” that can be threatening. And you can’t just kick her out of your herd, you’re stuck with her because she’s a woman. So you hate on her super super hard because her difference threatens you.