By Arnold Ahlert"One of the things I find amusing is when people tell me I'm opinionated—and I thank them for saying so. Their reaction is almost always the same: a half-beat of confusion arising from the fact that they consider what they said to be critical, even as I thank them for being complimentary.
I know my having strong opinions frightens people. I knew it from the first college cocktail party I attended where an actual conversation broke out—a rarity itself—and I was the lone voice of dissent among a room full of liberals who couldn't imagine how anyone had the temerity to challenge their "superior" wisdom. I don't know which reaction was more revealing: the contemptuous look of those being challenged, or the fearful look of those on the sidelines who never speak up at all, lest they be accused of having the "wrong" ideas.
Liberalism is all about intimidation."
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