Comments on: Pondering Political Labels

By: domajot

domajot — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:50:35 +0000

If it were up to me, I would put the OPEN MIND bit in capital letters and add a clause about balance.

I think most iself-labeling, as well as major political movements develops as a reaction to some injustice, need or shortcoming in the status quo. Unfortuantely, the new direction then goes too far, and , as a result, we veer once more in the opposite direction. Back and forth we go, alwayss fogetting to guard against going too far, going to extremes.

I don't think it mattesr so much whether one wears the Independent political label.
IMO, it''s more important to maintain an independen and open mind.

By: GeorgeSorwell

GeorgeSorwell — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:51:25 +0000

he switches from liberal to independent with a new open mind that all government intervention is not effective and all market forces are not efficient

That's pretty much where I am, too, though I didn't get there from the same starting point as Mamet.

By: cosmoetica

cosmoetica — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:13:02 +0000

He was ok till here:

I began reading not only the economics of Thomas Sowell (our greatest contemporary philosopher)

That's a guffaw-inducer.

By: Pondering Political Labels · The Spin Doctor

Pondering Political Labels · The Spin Doctor — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:56:09 +0000

[...] DollyMix – feminism and women’s issues blog wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt David Mamet writes in the Village Voice Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’ This remarkable author of soul searching plays about the choices we make when we are under stress reflects on his political beliefs. As a life long liberal he begins to reconcile his experiences with his beliefs and finds a weakness. While the title makes it sound like he switches from liberal to conservative I think it is more accurate that he switches from liberal to independent with a new open mind that all go [...]