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October 31, 2006
The Elephant in the Room, cont.
I emailed the author of The Elephant in the Room.
Dear Ms. Kornblut,I blogged your article in the Times yesterday, and generated many comments and links from other bloggers. In short, those of us who are disaffected from or never were liberals/Dems encounter the same situations as the people you interviewed, and we have been complaining about it among ourselves, oh, since shortly after 9-11 when the current surge of polarization began.
Every time I have written about this on my blog since 2002, I have gotten comments agreeing with me and expresisng relief that they are not alone. In fact, I started a Yahoo group for those of us in NYC and we socialize and inform each other of upcoming events of interest.
We all have stories like the ones in your article and appreciate finally seeing our experiences described in the Paper of Record.
Judith Weiss
UPDATE: The comment thread here continues to grow. Neo neo-con - whose blog is best known for its essays about this phenomenon, linked here and her comment thread is also full of the same kind of anecdotes.
Judith | 10/31/06 at 02:15 PM | Categories: Liberal hawks and friends
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"we socialize and inform each other of upcoming events of interest."
ARE YOU KIDDING?
Who's in Bangor, Maine?
Hello?
Hello?
epaminondas | October 31, 2006 08:04 PM
Well, my group is mostly NYCers but we do have some members in other locations, and 3 of them have visited NYC and one is coming in Nov.
Judith | October 31, 2006 08:40 PM
This article seems to have struck a chord and I am not the only person to reflect that the people who seem to cut off friends over politics are generally on the left. It's one reason among many why I'm a former liberal.
Alex Bensky | October 31, 2006 09:07 PM
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