Why moderates are so often bad news

[Laelth]

130. I have no interest in "fighting" with you because you are an ally of mine.

Here's what I hoped I said. Perhaps if I say it more precisely and clearly, that will help.

What I tried to say was that, on most of the social/cultural issues of our time, the left has already won the national debate. What we have not seen yet, as I also argued, is the translation of our social/cultural victories into law. I readily admit that the law has not yet caught up with the national consensus. I fully support translating those cultural/social victories into law, but this takes time. We are seeing some progress, and I have every reason to believe that our cultural/social victories will translate into law eventually. If you would like to take issue with this position, i.e. if you don't think the law will follow the national mood, I'd be interested in hearing what you have to say about that. I certainly could be wrong. I have been wrong before, and I will be wrong again. I am open to hearing what you have to say.

As to your demand that I answer a question or two or three, for whatever good that will do, I can try if you think that would be useful. The one issue about which I am on record saying I do not favor the standard, liberal position is gun control. I think trying to further restrict gun rights makes us look authoritarian, and I think advancing further controls and restrictions on the 2nd Amendment seriously hurts the Democratic Party. This particular issue is one that I think Democrats should avoid like the plague.

Does that help?



-Laelth