Obligatory Reading of the Day – liberal suicidal tendencies

I know, I know, David Brin is one of those “high-moral-ground”, fervently ideological, vehemently frothing at the mouth centrists, but he sometimes writes really good stuff. And this post is pretty good:

Now try this. Imagine a person who holds all of the correct views except one.
Suppose – on just that one issue – a person strongly takes the opposite view. Not quietly, but openly, and vigorously.
Now picture how that person would be received in most liberal gatherings.
What name would they be called?

Read the post. He may put it a little too harsh, but he is not wrong.