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9. I Wish I Could Shake Your Hand In Person

Great post, YoungDemCA! You captured the spirit of what an informed, enlightened humanism--and small "d" democratic politics--should be.

And might I add: Bitter invective, snarky oneupmanship and condescending rhetorical cut-downs on behalf of certain hot-button issues aren't half as amusing or persuasive as some seem to think they are. Go easy on your own: there is room for honest disagreement, intelligent debate and heart-felt differences amongst us liberals and leftists. Every minor disagreement and quibble over semantics, political philosophy or policy need not become a knock-down, drag-out ideological fight. That only exhausts and wastes collective energy better channeled toward opposing the hate-mongering, environment-raping, war-profiteering reactionary right.