Are you a thefactor Democrat?

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1. One of the main things that makes America exceptional is that it has historically stood for liberal principles compared to other countries.

Ultimately yes, but I would put it in much less slanted words...

2. The public school system is the greatest and strongest bastion of socialism in America and this is a bad thing.

Disagree

3. Among different types of political activism, the effectiveness of zealous passion and hard work is heavily underrated.

Obviously

4. Powerful individuals and groups cannot be trusted to use that power benevolently and thus must be constrained.

Yes; within reason

5. The most significant cleavage in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the 1990s was between pluralists and confrontationists.

Sort of. Much more complicated than that o/c,

6. The eight years of Bill Clinton's presidency witnessed the most dramatic improvement in America's domestic economic and social environment from the Kennedy era to today.

Nope

7. My views are morally superior to the alternatives and not just formed due to self-interest, or one of many possible equally valid positions.

That would depend on what issue; on certain things I'll admit that I think that that is the case. On a lot of other issues, I'm well aware that it isn't.

8. A family with two parents and children living in the suburbs is a desirable lifestyle and forms the core basis of our society.

First off, define "suburb". Now, I'm going to assume you mean a sort of low-density urban area rather than other definitions (in other words, Gateshead, Kirkby, Dagenham and Smethwick, while clearly being suburbs, do not count as they are not at all suburban under that sort of definition)... essentially you mean a commuter-suburb, right? (if not your statement doesn't make any sense, btw). In which case...

1. Maybe for some people, but not for me.
2. No. Not at all.

9. The most important question in the abortion debate is at what point the fetus becomes a person.

Perhaps, but not for me at least.

10. Economic prosperity is just as important as political freedom for third world countries in Africa and Asia.

Define "economic prosperity". Define "political freedom".

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In general, that is the right interpretation, although I don't know enough about those particular places to judge.

Pretty pictures time:

Gateshead...



Kirkby


Couldn't find many photos of Kirkby on the net...

Dagenham



Smethwick

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Political freedom: Multiparty elections/free speech, etc.
Economic prosperity: Improvement on median income/standard of living, etc.
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Ah; O.K. In which case, both are pretty important; in general political a bit more so, but I can sort of see where you're coming from on that.