Kakki wrote: "My being dubious of the Clintons or PC or being anti-Marxist or pro-defense are views held by many people across the political spectrum. It baffles me that I am perhaps "pigeonholed" here based on a few positions I've taken that have also been taken by many people in the country, regardless of political affiliation. My "politics" or "ideology" does not fit perfectly into any one platform. I believe and stand for very liberal concepts and causes but hate politics of division or tyranny no matter which side it is coming from."
Kakki, I certainly hear you when you say that it's possible to have any one or maybe several of these views and not fit into a "platform." As a Catholic, I frequently run into people who, knowing nothing else about me, think they can predict my political views from one or several very well-publicized church positions: usually, abortion, and the refusal to ordain women priests. I tell them that, if I were to hold all the church's official positions as my own--and I don't--I would span the political spectrum from very liberal to very conservative! I will say that, although I've heard you say that you also hold liberal views, I would characterize the ones I've read here as almost exclusively conservative or libertarian. "Not that there's anything wrong with that," as Jerry Seinfeld would say! It's just that, based on what you've chosen to express on this list, that's where I would place you, just as I would place myself firmly on the left. But you're right. There are many things about you that I don't know, political views are multifaceted, and I will try to always keep those things in mind. Mary P.
