One of the points the seem to be agreed upon, both in the article and the comments following, is that the Leftists are full of irrational rage. I have a few simple ideas regarding that.

Let's say you are playing a game and someone cheats. There may be those who see that cheating has occurred, some who don't see it, perhaps some will on your team, some not. Perhaps even some who are complicit, or cheating as well. In your position, you may well be very angry, because perhaps the game has very high stakes. And some may say "you cheated!"there may be others who want to fight. You get the idea.

Now imagine this game taking place between the citizenry and the government; and each game has a broad playing field concerning large issues that confront us now.

There may be some Liberals (this is the team who we are now discussing) who are especially concerned with the environment, some with the war, some with the bill of rights and the Constitution.

Taking just the environment as an example: when the current administration is exposed as trying to hide that there is an environmental problem, such as global warming, and standing in the way of taking action to remedy that, there will be a general feeling of being cheated, among those on the citizen (let's say Liberal citizen; for the moment let's say this is a partisan issue for the moment)team.

Along comes Gore, quite reasonably exposing this new information; it is easy to see why some would lionize him. We had said that some react with logic, some with strong words, and some even with violence.

So when something like the Gore energy consumption issue comes up, those who have put him in the position of hero, of course are upset. And in every large group there are those who are more reasonable and others who are less reasonable. It's simple human nature.

Here is another idea: Let's suppose, for the sake of making this point, that the contention of one of the posters above, that Liberals today are the more passionate and even at times violent, is true.

I would venture that such a large number of people are so upset that there are bound to be extremists among them. If you do visit the sites that Liberals frequent, you will discover a large number of thoughtfully-argued and -written articles.

I would also posit that there are so many people so upset right now because a great deal of cheating has been exposed. In the areas listed above as well as some others, the American citizenry has been lied to and cheated regarding the war, the environment and in how the administration conducts business.

So of course there are going to be fringe elements, hate-mongers, and the like, but it is not in anyone's best interest to respond with more hatred, overgeneralizations, and demonization. Now is the time to listen and discuss, and learn.