"... it does seem increasingly clear these days that anything a liberal might say regarding a conservative is like to be insincere and shamelessly self-serving and likewise anything a conservative is like to say about a liberal is similarly
challenged as far as veracity and objectivity go... one imagines reflexive partisanship has always been the default position for the political animal, insecure beasts that they are... to be generous, I suppose one could say it's merely a manifestation of the awkwardness of democracy that peoples opinions have so much trouble standing on their own... a less kind view might be that the species is irredeemable even under the best of circumstances..."
