Unfortunately, liberals often spend so much time in their own world that they never take time to actually interact with typical conservatives. The same isn't true of conservatives — we can't get away from the liberalism being forced down our throats — but a liberal in an elite university or Democratic think-tank may very well never have serious interaction with a conservative point of view.
I realize there is a certain category of hard-left liberals who aren't just wrong or confused but are actually and deliberately evil.
Most liberals, however, think of themselves as decent human beings who are trying to make the world a better place. Of course they're wrong in thinking the government is the best way to do that.
Attacking people's wrong actions and wrong beliefs is appropriate, but making them into demons doesn't help.
We need to get to 50 percent to win. In many districts that means conservatives need to get moderate votes. Acting as if liberals are demons in human form doesn't help, and actually drives moderates away from us by making us look ridiculous.
There is a time for fire-breathing rhetoric, but Reagan was right in regarding that as the last resort, not the first tactic.
As for those liberals who truly are evil and not just wrong — let the hard-left liberals expose themselves as intolerant haters. It makes them look bad, it exposes them as hypocrites, and helps us win.
Great post