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It's not pretense
Mary Anne — (archived)

It's a genuine effort at friendship. This results in a concerted effort to "convert the sinner" on the part of the conservatives, who equate civility in an adversary with weakness. (See also:
"Bush diplomacy".) The pushing results in a kind of fatigue on the part of the liberals, trying to defend their positions in a reasonable and polite manner, and finally they just snap and respond with right-wing attitude but left-wing content.

Then, having realized that their temperaments are becoming like that of their opponents, they have what could be described as a nervous breakdown and leave. This is roundly greeted as proof of the bankruptcy of liberal values, when in fact it demonstrates that a liberal really means it when he says he wants peace, and is prepared to settle for silence if he cannot have collegiality.

Then some of the remaining conservatives invent liberal caricatures to post weak arguments with which they amuse themselves until the next liberal stumbles in, intrigued by the frequent appearance of sentences with subject and predicate agreement and the interesting use of colorful metaphor.

;)

Regards--
Mary Anne

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