[Red Boots]

Thanks for posting that. It makes a great deal of sense.

[TigersEye]

Thank you for that compliment. I thought the whole OP was a good essay on the liberal mindset but that part stuck out because it was almost identical to a teaching I heard some years ago. I think it had a sobering effect on me causing me to realize that acting wild to display my independence wasn't particularly beneficial to anyone including myself. Worse, it could be misleading and therefore harmful.

3) Liberals see people who disagree as evil:

"To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil." - Charles Krauthammer

#3 is true and important to understand about liberals/Progressives. On my profile page is an essay I wrote about fanaticism which is about that. It may not be a great piece of writing but it is my attempt to describe why liberals and Muslims act the way they do and why they are dangerous. But they are predictable in some respect.

As he often does, Charles Krauthammer encapsulates the whole thing in one clear sentence.