And talking of political hatred...

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kennahijja, who is a nice person but a fanatic nevertheless, thinks I am a right-wing extremist.
marycatelli, who is decidedly not nice and still a fanatic, thinks I am a dangerous socialist with gulags up my sleeve.

I must be doing something right.

Comments

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"I'm pissing off both sides; therefore I'm an indepedent thinker!" is usually evidence of cognitive dissonance, not independent thinking. E.g., pro-life libertarians, Log Cabin Republicans, etc.

In your case, though, you're a pretty standard European Catholic. The cognitive dissonance comes from your (American) detractors, who are confused, because right now in the U.S., it's impossible to be a social conservative and not also believe that the government is evil and public health care, in particular, is a secret plan to kill old people and put abortion clinics in middle schools.

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kennahijja is a German from Swabia, which makes your analysis somewhat hasty. Incidentally, she is the finest fanfic writer I have ever read - better even than you - and if you have not read her work, I double urge you to.

P.S.: I am also at odds in various ways with most Italian Catholics I know on the net.