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Originally Posted by stripersnipr
Being from the PR of C, what do you think of the banning of the gift drive for soldiers at the polls last week sponsored by the Boy scouts?
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There are a lot of things that city hall has done that I am at odds with, this is just another addition to that list.
I am around a lot of people who call themselves "liberal", my lady included. Myself personally, I am more on the radical end of that spectrum, but I am realist, something I have in common with many conservatives. Granted, I don't support the war in Iraq, never have, never will- but to disallow residents of this municipality to partake in the good of giving to soldiers is a travesty. To say that care packages to troops is an endorsement of Bushes war policy is a gross mis-analysis. Just because, ideologically, they should not be there, does mean they should not eat while already there. This is just one of many things I don't like about this example of exclusionary of liberal action, for starters, it is incredibly close minded and arrogant and it is impractical, it effectively mirrors the stubborn "right". Another issue I find amongst those who make those who come up with such abhorrent claims is that this person suffers from a general disconnect from the practical functionality of the real world, and a crippling lack of exposure courtesy of their pampered Brattle Street utopian existences.
Those of you who have lived Cambridge, particularly should be familiar with likes of North Cambridge, East Cambridge and Area 4. Although gentrification has hit these areas hard, it is far removed from the Harvard Sq. coffee houses and city hall forums were some of this liberal lunacy originates. That is the Cambridge that I know.