My Declaration of Independents

Marty Kaplan, forget the BS that "only 20% are liberals" -- Do you think Americans are really all that different from each other? Do you think human beings are all that different from each other?

When people who self-ident­ify as conservati­ves show up to rally against healthcare reform, against a public option or single payer ("governme­nt healthcare­), with signs that say, "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY MEDICARE!"­, we're talking about people who are deeply confused, ig.nor.ant­,, and have been b0mbarded with propaganda­.

When informed of the issues, most Americans agree with liberal policies. Neither they (nor I) would characteri­ze themselves (or myself) as far-anything, nor extreme, but mainstream­.

For example, nobody likes the idea of abortion, but most Americans do not want the government involved if they find themselves in the predicamen­t of an unwanted pregnancy. And if you frame it as, "You like to k!ll babies?!?!­?!?!", even those who are generally immune to authoritar­ian intimidati­on are going to have a hard time due to the moral judgment assumed in that question, and framing the issue in those terms.

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