Re: same-sex marriage

Janice Matchett wrote:

> At 02:33 PM 6/9/2006, Pim van Meurs wrote:
>
>> */Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net>/* wrote:
>>
>> At 12:45 PM 6/9/2006, Pim van Meurs wrote:
>>
>>> Liberal (a. Not limited to or by established, traditional,
>>> orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free
>>> from bigotry. b. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new
>>> ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior
>>> of others; broad-minded.) with its roots in latin (Middle
>>> English, generous, from Old French, from Latin l[]ber[]lis,
>>> from l[]ber, free.)
>>> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=liberal
>>
>> @ I have news for you. Today's conservatives are yesterday's
>> classic liberals
>> Today's liberals (who run from the word they originally co-opted
>> to describe themselves by co-opting another word - now calling
>> themselves "progressives") are merely yesterday's
>> Marxist/socialists/commies. The "political correctness" they
>> attempt to enforce on everyone is just fascism by another
>> name. ~ Janice
>> ...Her unjustified name calling shows all the evidence that
>> contradicts her own statement. Thanks Janice, I too love irony.
>> .. Janice must be joking. ... ~ Pim
>>
>
> @@ Joking??? Hardly. I try never to voice an opinion where I
> can't provide *valid *grounds for it.

That by itself has been proven an erroneous claim in the past so I am
not sure what you mean by the word valid.

>
> And if you're offended at Liberals being equated with
> Communists/Socialists and view it as "name-calling", take it up with
> those on your side. Are you reeeeeally so naive/uninformed as to
> think that I came up with the idea??* All I need to do is quote your
> like-minded friends.
>
> *

I hope that Janice understands the different concepts of Marxism,
communism and socialism. Perhaps she can help us explain why she seems
to conflate them?

Sigh...
Received on Sat Jun 10 14:34:23 2006