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Excessive Partisanship Is The Problem. There Has Never Been A Democracy In The History Of The World In A Polity Of Any Size Where You Didn't Have Political Parties. Even Sometimes Over The Objections Of The People Who Started It.

It Is, Of Course, Further Indication That A Fundamentalist Right Has Really Taken Over Much Of The Republican Party, People Might Cite George Bush As Proof That You Can Be Totally Impervious To The Effects Of Harvard And Yale Education.

If You Care Deeply About A Cause And You Are Then Engaged On Behalf Of That Cause In An Activity That Makes You Feel Very Good And Very Brave And You're Really In Solidarity With All Your Friends, And You're Enjoying It, You're Probably Not Advancing The Cause Very Much, Because You're Spending All Your Time With People You Agree With Cheering Each Other On And Not Engaging.

Take Free Speech: Most Of The Tough Cases On Free Speech Involve Very Unpleasant People Saying Very Obnoxious Things.

In A Free Society, A Large Degree Of Human Activity Is None Of The Government's Business. We Should Make Criminal What's Going To Hurt Other People And Other Than That We Should Leave It To People To Make Their Own Choices.