I think that stating that this is the point of liberalism as a whole is simply wrong, and coming out and stating that right away takes away from the whole article.

His “edge” doesn’t make his point stronger. It simply makes everything over dramatic to the point where I find his arguments are hidden beneath a thick layer of garbage. I can’t find the specifics to his points (thats why I wrote my first post, I don’t get his argument) and all I see is blah blah blah liberals want to control you and turn the country into some sort of prison. If the goal of the website is to bring people together . . . its not helping.

Also . . . since many conservatives are against gay marriage . . . how could you say liberals only want to control people. At least healthcare will give people healthcare. Whats banning gay marriage going to do? I know you don’t particularly like Bush but a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Really? So when the first part of an article says that liberals are about controlling people and taking away rights . . . I do get a little confused.

Liberalism is predicated on the belief that government planning and control is justifiable and preferrable. It states that government should provide for individuals, rather than individuals providing for themselves. It’s a fundamental difference between liberalism and conservatism. And to a conservative, that type of government provision only comes through government control. Since, in this instance the proposal must be paid for by citizens through taxes, a conservative worries finds an unjust usurpation of private property (rights).

Mr. Mahee writes with an edge–that’s his style. You need to address his fundamental argument; sometimes having an edge advances the discussion by highlighting deep rooted concerns from both sides.

Perhaps I should bring to your attention the vision of this website. I know what it is because it is stated right on the website. How convenient! Let me copy and paste a few lines in here for you: “clear, concise, and straightforward look at the political landscape” . . . “not to advance the views of either party, Democrat or Republican, but instead to weigh the issues objectively” . . . “TruPolitics isn’t meant to be a partisan blog” and finally the one that I still think holds true . . .”Rational discourse left the political landscape a long time ago”

From now on, when I see an article from you I’m just not going to read it and spend my time better elsewhere.