Why do folks insist on dividing the whole world into "liberals" and "conservatives"?

Sure, there are unthinking, unquestioning "liberals" who swallow that orthodoxy whole. And unthinking, unquestioning "conservatives" who do the same. But hopefully most people here use their God-given brains to think things out issue by issue, and don't define themselves with bumper-sticker slogans and slapdash labels.

Why, one of my best friends is a Democrat...

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