Comments on: Courage http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/03/courage Loaning brain cells to those in need since 2003 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:40:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Let’s Have That Conversation About America « Liberty Street http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/03/courage#comment-26659 Let’s Have That Conversation About America « Liberty Street Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:13:03 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/03/courage#comment-26659 [...] Moore thinks we should not be afraid to have that debate: As scary of a proposition as all this seems, I say bring it [...] [...] Moore thinks we should not be afraid to have that debate: As scary of a proposition as all this seems, I say bring it [...]

]]> By: Kyle E. Moore http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/03/courage#comment-26608 Kyle E. Moore Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:45:30 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/03/courage#comment-26608 Exactly! Thank you for commenting! Exactly! Thank you for commenting!

]]> By: Susan Kitchens http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/03/courage#comment-26602 Susan Kitchens Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:31:45 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/03/courage#comment-26602 The "hard-to-soundbite it" factor's been mentioned. As (to anyone who visits memeorandum) the comments from the right that pan the speech. Thanks for taking the long view in your comments, especially where you talk of the courage to not back down. I hadn't thought in those terms before, but your articulation strikes me as exactly right. If we keep running, they'll continue doing it. If we stop and confront, and stand for something different, we change the terms of the debate -- and show them up for what they are. The “hard-to-soundbite it” factor’s been mentioned. As (to anyone who visits memeorandum) the comments from the right that pan the speech.

Thanks for taking the long view in your comments, especially where you talk of the courage to not back down. I hadn’t thought in those terms before, but your articulation strikes me as exactly right. If we keep running, they’ll continue doing it. If we stop and confront, and stand for something different, we change the terms of the debate — and show them up for what they are.

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