“While I think qcomer and zk are right about the polarity of this dicussion here and in US politics, I do think if they don’t like the discussion, then they can close their web browser. Belittling others for expressing their views is worse than whatever views they might have.”

I’m not sure why I’d close my web browser when I encounter childishness any more than a conservative would when a “liberal” disagrees with him.

What I’m saying isn’t that I don’t want to hear people express their views. I’m saying that the political debate on this board is frequently childish and unintelligent.

Look at this quote from futuresdguy as an example:

The typical liberal does NOT believe in freedom of expression (among with all kinds of other rights). They try to emotionally blackmail their opponents by raising such freedoms in public discourse (e.g. “playing a race card”, etc). But when you look under their skin (which is rather thin) you can see that it’s only so they can force their worldview or governement upon others.

Their name-calling and patronizing is a consequence of generations of being out of mainstream thought. Like little children, they have to throw tantrums to get attention.”

First of all, it’s nothing but broad, unsubstantiable, and frequently ridiculous generalizations.

More importantly, he name calls and patronizes liberals, and then attacks liberals for name calling and patronizing. Then he name calls and patronizes some more.