Re: It's not a surprise, and thanks for the compliment.
"Liberalism and conservatism are just words that mean different things to different people."
You hate it when people say things
like that, don't you? A good, common-sense statement that also recognizes how usage and interpretation vary, particularly with personal conviction and experience. It demolishes the tyranny of words you wish to establish by choosing for yourself what and what is not a valid definition.. "I write the dictionary, so I get to pick what words mean." That's Orwellian, Tom. That's 1984.
That's the borated water.