Justin Schwartz:
> Who denied this? This is theABC of pragmatism and Marxism too.
You did: "Democracy is prior to philosophy and other sorts of theory."
I'm giving up on the definition of _liberal_. I'm mystified by any notion of liberalism which excludes Locke and his followers. It seems contrary to both the discursive history normally associated with the term and observation of the world as well; but after all, it's just a word.
-- Gordon