re: Please help me understand: Liberalism

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Also, I'm more of a libertarian than anything else, though I always vote Republican. You can assume that roughly half the country is "childish and/or stupid" and that you are the enlightened one if you wish. However, a lot can be gained by putting bias aside and actually considering the opinions of those you think you disagree with.

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Well put. Smart people actually listen to the other side of the argument and consider their position, viewpoint, and how they arrived there. Idiot extremists simply look at their own background and blindly dismiss anything that disagrees with it.