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September 17, 2003 |
To move forward, we need to step first left, then right, left, right
Carol Negro, whose letters mostly criticizing those aligned on the Liberal
side of the aisle I found in Tribunes for Feb. 12, April 16, August 20,
August 27, and Sept. 10, not to mention letters critical of her from other
readers in other issues, reports she was a Liberal for 53 years, until two
years ago, in fact. I reserve the right to agree or disagree with her on
any given issue. However, I do not find the terms Liberal or Conservative
at all useful in describing political ideologies. But when she can attack
"The Democrat Legislature" I do have to wonder if some Liberal done her
wrong. Has she jumped sides to get revenge? "Democrat" in this context is
meant as an insult. The word is "Democratic." I am a member of "The
Democratic Party." I am no more a member of the "Democrat" party than one
out five Pacificans are members of "The Republic party." She asks that I
trust her to understand the Left. Perhaps she understands some individuals
whom she has identified as on the left, but I doubt she really understands
"The Left." Those words are much too vague, much too amorphous, to be
understood. As for trusting her, I wouldn't trust even myself to understand
something so vague. Some folks experience a religious conversion, changing
their entire belief structure. I have no idea why a person in her fifties
would undergo such a political conversion, even to the point of using words
intended to demean and belittle an organization she may have once
respected. Paul Azevedo proudly acknowledges he will have been a Pacifican for forty years as of Sept. 30, and a Pacifica voter since Oct. 19, 1963. Newly moved Pacificans, or persons newly 18, should register by Sept. 22 to vote in the Oct. Statewide election. The Reactor's e mail address is Paul@thereactor.net. Check The Reactor's website at www.thereactor.net. |
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