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Zippy Catholic, who apparently is back from a hiatus, points out the obvious<\/a>. \u00a0The old liberal promise of a society without rules where everyone can be free to define reality the way we want notwithstanding, no society is free. \u00a0You simply have societies that believe in different absolutes, and have every intention of drawing some line in the sand and warning anyone who dares cross it to stay put or else. \u00a0In fact that is one area that Conservatives have over Liberals. \u00a0At no point did a Conservative ever promise a society of \u2018if it feels good, it\u2019s reality\u2019. \u00a0That would be the liberals. \u00a0The ones who are now chiseling away at any notion of freedom from an imagined point of view, or even a classic Christian point of view. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"