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Oh and FDW...its disappointing i called someone who is a left-wing radical...a left wing radical?
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Please indicate what in my position is left wing or radical as noted earlier in this thread. I think your position is typically conservative b/c it suppresses the freedom (economically and intellectually) of those who disagree with the majority and choose to speak their mind. Conservatism is grounded on not stirring the pot, resisting change/dissent and supressing those that do not agree - and this is a case in point. Correct me if I'm wrong, but your position amounts to "He should be fired because he wrote a paper that is offensive to the majority of Americans".
My position is grounded on the idea that someone paid to put forth information on relations between ethnic groups has every right to write a controversial paper on that very subject and not fear for his job. I don't need to approve of his paper to have this view - in fact, I have not read it nor am I likely to. Unless it goes so far as to amount to hate crime, it is irrelevant to me.
If you can't either illustrate what it is that is radical or left wing about my position, please don't bother trying to marginalize it by tagging it with your "proud to be a conservative" good old boy speak.