Originally Posted by
Drummond
Nope. I've never done any such thing. Sorry to disappoint you.
If I judge anyone to be Socialist, I always do so from a basis which suggests the truth of it. I'm well aware that to accuse anyone of being a Socialist is a nasty thing to do, UNLESS, to do so is supportable. Therefore, I make sure that there's reason to, before contemplating such an assertion.
You say (& ridiculously so) ... that ...
That's just bizarre, and more, this whole Board will know it's not true. I can easily give you a list of contributors here who are not only Conservative, but whom I respect BECAUSE they are. There are many good people here.
No. Give me reason to think I'm viewing Socialist thinking, and, I'll draw a conclusion from that reason as to the Socialist bona fides of the source of it. This is eminently reasonable. It would DEFY reason to REFUSE to learn from the evidence of my own eyes.
Of course ... a Socialist might not agree. Socialists do tend to only see what propaganda says they must see, and will refuse to recognise anything else if it suits them to. That is a part of what makes them so flawed.