re: #469 Aceofwhat?

re: #458 woodsman

I lean William Buckley, but I need you to lean semantically here. “the excesses of the right” is an anti-blanket statement. It specifically refers to extremists on the right that I want nothing to do with. That would be as opposed to saying that every conservative is a wingnut.

and “threaten to poison” in no way means “wholly represent”. If you think that was a blanket statement, you certainly will have a difficult time with sharing ideas. it is as much our responsibility to read each others’ posts with care as it is to write our posts with care.

Point taken. But is the pushing from the fringes in or from the middle out? To me the Middle is that usually quiescent middle majority.
That middle shifts slightly left and right (recently right) and rose up during the Mass. election.
The middle is to big to be poisoned by the fringes.

Hey thanks for the chat. I’m glad it came back to a decent talk.
One last look than gotta go.