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I can tell you don't know and have never spoken to anyone left-of-center in your life. Your description of Liberals comes straight out of the Libertarian playbook. The image of the "peace-loving, bleeding-heart, hippie Democrat" is a weak attempt to make ANY support for defense look hypocrite. In reality there is support only not as much as you or other Libertarians would like. That's a perfectly normal point of discussion if you're willing to put your lies aside.

There might not be a broad opposition coming from the left but there is an opposition. If it were up to Democrats the bipartisan Amash amendment to defund the NSA would have passed[1]. The problem isn't a Democrat in the White House, it's a non-functioning GOP in Congress.

I still support Obama and I have no problem talking about it.

[1] http://defundthensa.com

[dllthomas]

I do know a couple of those "peace-loving, bleeding-heart, hippies" who don't have really any support for defense. They're not mostly Democrats, though - more typically Green if they have a party affiliation... (and not all Green Party members I know are like that, either). Generalizing is hard.