I believe the challenge, by Sharmuta, was to provide a definition. When one is elected as an R but votes as a D then one may fairly be categorized as a RINO, no? Perhaps another word would be more acceptable, moderate R? maverick?re: #835 SanFranciscoZionist

Entirely agreed, however if I pointed out that the United States is a product of racist genocide from its earliest days, I suspect people around here might think I was a liberal or commie or something…

/only mildly

SFZ, the Indian wars were particularly nasty but you should be aware that it was brutal warfare on both sides fed by generations of conflict. This is not to excuse any excesses, it just was so and terribly regrettable. Indian atrocities are never explored nor accepted in conversation any more than candid discussions of our current enemies.