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‘Dissent’ Makes Liberals Loopy

rawtruth Wrote: Jul 25, 2012 7:24 AM
I dissent with your view of Darwin. I have read nothing that shows him to be an atheist. How do you know that it was God's plan that life evolves according to its environment? You don't. Some is a religion purport to know God's plan. I say they don't.
Ben Linus Wrote: Jul 25, 2012 9:53 AM
White rabbits survive better in northern climates and brown rabbits survive better in more temperate climate. But they're both still rabbits.

Katrina vandenHeuvel @KatrinaNation

Alexander Cockburn,longtime Nation columnist, radical journalist, unwavering voice of dissent,RIP, 1941-2012.

So I’m laying in bed checking Twitter, and the above comes across. I didn’t know Mr. Cockburn, and I wish his family the best in their time of healing.

But what struck me about this is the “unwavering voice of dissent” part. I think this is what gets liberals off on the wrong track a lot.

Let me be clear: As Americans, we have the right – and sometimes the duty – to dissent. And all of us do this duty at some...

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