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Originally posted by Dave the Wonder Boy:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Darkknight613:
It's like what Abraham tells G-d in the Bible when he's told of the destruction of Soddom and Gemorrah - "will you sweep away the innocent with the guilty?" There are many conservatives I don't like, but I don't hate conservatives period. There are many liberals I admire, but I don't admire them all. I just think people need to be careful with broad generalizations, because there will always be exceptions.
Again you lay out your liberal-leaning credentials, and then condescend to us as if you were an impartial observer.

Oh for G-d's sake...Dave, you're reading way too much into this. My using the words "conservatives" and "liberals" where I did was mere coincidence, and nothing more. Honestly. Stop trying to label me as something I'm not!

This is another reason why I don't like partisan debates! Because people keep twisting my words around to make them mean something they don't!

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Regarding your point about generalizations, I find that a loaded argument. I think I've made it clear in my posts that my statements are about general tactics and attitudes of a majority of Democrats/liberals, and especially in long posts, I find it difficult to include a disclaimer of "some Democrats" in every statement.
If there are 50 examples, is it safe to say "most"? If there are 8 million examples, is it then safe to say "most"? If there are 70 million examples, is it then safe to say "most"? You can always argue that there are a trace amount that buck the trend. But that belies the point that these ARE the tactics of the party itself, despite a few honorable individuals.
Based on your post, I can't help assuming that you seem to think I was targeting you with my comments. I wasn't. I wasn't targeting anybody. I wasn't even talking about political parties. I'm talking about generalizations in general, adn I'm sure there are exceptions to that.

As for the loaded argument, I can't help feeling that you're trying to justify your generalizations and that they're under attack, because you're being very over-defensive. All I'm saying is there are exceptions to every sterotype out there, and we should consider that fact before we rely on sterotypes to make our point.