[Steve_Seattle]

Very well said. I see these people at the bus stop all the time. They go through life constantly looking over their shoulders to make sure that what they say and think gains approval from the "right" people.

[livianne]

And the further left you go, the more important it is to be one of the group. The people i know that are really LW exist entirely in the reality of their group, and in the knowledge that the world depends on them. The concept that people are only responsible for themselves and their family and NOT every person in the country who is down on their luck is simply unconscionable. It would be a sad statement on their need to belong if it wasn't screwing up our country so badly.