John H. wrote:


You're absolutely correct, Chuck. You are the most middle-of-the-road guy in the
group. Only the Shadow knows how *anyone* could think you were implying anything
about conservatives


Don't be silly. That stripe that I follow isn't in the "middle of the
road", it's over on the left shoulder. I'm very proud to be a liberal.
Moreso each day, lately. Point remains, it is possible to say that
something is characteristic of liberals or conservatives without
implying that the opposite thing must be true about the opposite
philosophy.

That fast moving shadow must have been cast by somebody leaping between
conclusions.