I agree with you one hundred percent. Those that accused him for being a RINO, know only what RINO stands for, but that all. Since Dr Sowell is a Libertarian how can he be a RINO? It shows you how clueless they are.
It bothers me, because as you can see from my FreepPage, Dr. Sowell is one of my heroes.
One can guarantee that, as a black man, he is exposed to a level of hatred and vituperation from other blacks (and liberal whites) that would make us quail. But he fought the fight.
I wasn’t as concerned about Trump as possibly Dr. Sowell was, but I did have many of my own concerns. But when I recognized that his potential to lay waste to the status quo in many aspects was off the charts compared to his Republican opponents (never mind his Democrat liberal ones) then the choice became quite easy for me.
However, the level of anger I see directed at him by some Freepers is akin to the level of anger directed at Trotsky by the Bolsheviks because Trotsky deviated from the Communist dogma. (Note: I don’t like, agree, or disagree with Trotsky on anything, the comparison I make is the banishment and eventual murder of Trotsky on the basis of ideological differences is akin to the treatment some conservatives get when they don’t toe the line 100% as the line is drawn by some in the conservative movement)