Reply #138: That's the main reason to go there on this stuff, as unpleasant as it is, maybe we can

[patrice]

learn a thing or two about rhetoric and it is good for people to clarify themselves so that they can learn how to be strong ***AND*** work together at the same time.

When we say "We are one" that doesn't mean we're all alike; we're all the same. The strength comes from being different and knowing precisely how different and why and using those truths to help us work together better.

I'm a Liberal, but I know Moderates bring things to the process that help ALL of us go forward. I want that fact recognized about Liberals too and it isn't going to be recognized if Liberals don't make a potential relationship with authentic others, of WHATEVER strip, possible. Such relationships take diligent maintenance, but they are worth the effort for everyone.