<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Blog Around The Clock]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://blog.coturnix.org]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Bora Zivkovic]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://blog.coturnix.org/author/coturnix/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Obligatory Reading of the Day &#8211; liberal suicidal&nbsp;tendencies]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I know, I know, David Brin is one of those &#8220;high-moral-ground&#8221;, fervently ideological, vehemently frothing at the mouth <a href="http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2006/aug/05/degeneration_gap" target="_blank" title="" />centrists</a>, but he sometimes writes really good stuff.  And <a href="http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2006/08/worst-habit-of-liberalism-handing-karl.html" target="_blank" title="" />this post</a> is pretty good:</p>
<blockquote><p>Now try this. Imagine a person who holds all of the correct views except one.<br />
Suppose &#8211; on just that one issue &#8211; a person strongly takes the opposite view. Not quietly, but openly, and vigorously.<br />
Now picture how that person would be received in most liberal gatherings.<br />
What name would they be called?</p></blockquote>
<p>Read the post.  He may put it a little too harsh, but he is not wrong.</p>
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