I consider myself a true liberal and I am pro-2nd Amendment, for starters.
I don't want anyone's income, personally. What I want is for everyone to agree that a portion of our productivity has to go to support the commons. Most people in this country can agree on that. Then I want us to agree on what is required to have a well-functioning commons -- specifically, that government needs to be in control of life and death issues like the military, police and health care. That's really it. That's certainly the limit of my "socialism" and I think that's the case for most other folks here too.
I think hate crime legislation is utter bullshit. Hate crimes are why we have judges -- to throw the book at reprehensible assholes. We don't need extra law.
