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As a former leftist myself, I appreciate Mr. Hawkin's article... even if I'm still not religious. I recognized all of the viewpoints he presented, whether they were displayed by others, or by myself in my leftist days (I refuse to refer to them as "liberals"... they're not. I won't call them progressives... there's nothing about them that ensues "progress". Levin has a good name for them; Utopiasts. Or you can just call them Socialsists or Marxists, whatever works.
Don't get me wrong. Not every conservative has a winning personality and not every liberal is a toothache in search of a mouth to inhabit. In fact, one of the single nicest people I know is a liberal (Hi, Julie Joyce!) Yet and still, it's not a reach to say that most liberals, especially the ones that are politically active, are just generally difficult to get along with.
It's not just me saying that either. I've interviewed more than one big name conservative who has told me that they moved over to the right in large part because the...
Perhaps that is why the Liberals work so hard at dumbing-down our Country.