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      <![CDATA[Greg, quote me on where I called someone a name or otherwise made a personal attack. <br>
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Again, what's with the lack of specifics?
        
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      <![CDATA["If you understood Constitutional Law, then you would know that those "social engineers" in control of the Southern state governments were using the coercive power of government to violate the Constitutional rights of citizens. Another example of why government power should be limited, and the Constitution enforced."<br>
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Funny, that's a great argument for having the Federal government intervene when the states refuse to recognize the rights of minority citizens...which is exactly what happened, and what states' rightists still rail against.<br>
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      <![CDATA[I reread my comment, greg. There was no personal attack (it was in response to another poster, not the letter writer for one thing) on anyone in particular.
        
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      <![CDATA[Packrat, you said, "No Greg, that isn't a personal attack, since it referenced no one in particular and was not directed personally at you." I see.
        
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      <![CDATA[No Greg, that isn't a personal attack, since it referenced no one in particular and was not directed personally at you .  IF you took it as personal, you must be a self-described member of the radical right wing. MOreover, if you read about the history of the Civil Rights Movement, you'll clearly see that far right wingers (both Dem and GOP) excoriated MLK and other civil rights champions as "socialist" and worse.
        
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      <![CDATA[In response to Letters to the Editor about social engineering by both Republicans and Democrats, you said: "...to the radical right wing, the Civil Rights Act was "social engineering" and "neo-socialism." And, you don't think that is a personal attack.
        
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      <![CDATA[NOt seen that one, need to check it out. Yes, it's by John Barry, about the 27 flood.
        
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      <![CDATA[I grew up in AZ and lived Cadillac Desert. Ever seen the movie Zabriskie Point?
        
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      <![CDATA["Or, did you forget to read it before making your silly personal attacks and stupid boasting of how many books you have read."<br>
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I made no personal attacks whatsoever, and you're the one who made the gratuituous stupid remark telling me to "go read a book," as though my differences of opinions with you are based on my not reading any books. I merely responded by pointing out I've read a lot of them, from many sides and many perspectives.
        
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      <![CDATA[Packrat, thanks for all the "straw men" arguments. But, those have nothing to do with my Letter to the Editor.
        
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      <![CDATA[Probably. Ever read Cadillac Desert?
        
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      <![CDATA[Got any I need to read?
        
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      <![CDATA[greg, come by my house sometime; I have thousands of books, and I've read them. talk about ad hominem....
        
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      <![CDATA["bunch of morons who called themselves the elite and forced their brand of social engineering on millions in an attempt to create a "perfect" society."<br>
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you mean... like fundamentalist Christians?
        
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      <![CDATA[a Big Lie, like, say, "teaching abstinence keeps kids from having unsafe sex"? <a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/2007/04/14/health-sex-abstinence-dc-idUKN1423677120070414" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://uk.reuters.com/article/2007/04/14/h&hellip;</a><br>
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or how about "the founders were all Christians who wanted the Church protected from the State, but definitely not the other way around"?
        
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      <![CDATA[Packrat, I see that you still cannot make a logical argument supported by verifiable evidence. You implied that those who support liberty and oppose social engineering were against the Civil Rights Act and that is just another of The Big Lies told by statists of all types.
        
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      <![CDATA[greg it doesn't take much thought to dismiss someone who is guilty of exactly what he criticizes others for; i.e., personal attacks. you'll notice in my post I made no personal attack.
        
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      <![CDATA[N and Packrat, are you guys still using the statist tactic of calling people stupid names and making personal attacks? But, I guess that following Saul Ailensky's Rules for Radicals is so much easier than thinking.
        
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      <![CDATA[ndifference, to the radical right wing, the Civil Rights Act was "social engineering" and "neo-socialism."
        
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      <![CDATA[Mr. Webb, while you are up there on your soap box, do you have any more hyperbolic, generalized statements you would like to make?<br>
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Mr. Boone, when you say, "passing a dozen or more laws that were nothing but social engineering," was it too much trouble to provide an example? One?<br>
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What is it with you conservatives and your inability to provide specifics?
        
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      <![CDATA[...more of that outstanding liberal compassion and enlightened commentary from the neo-socialists.
        
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      <![CDATA[On behalf of liberals and progressives everywhere, I apologize to Mr. Boone and any other conservative who feels so put upon by the heavy burdens of civilized society. <br>
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Just kidding, you can all go to Hell.
        
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