Reply #128: No "trick" meaning intended...

[Silent3]

...all I mean by "truly committed" is willing to put up with the normal rough-and-tumble of sometimes heated political and philosophical discourse. If a person would rather put up with the awful things the Republican party is doing to this country, just because they feel their ego gets stroked better or their feelings less hurt by religion-friendly Republicans than by Democrats, I'd say that's not a person with great committment.

Putting the good of the country above personal hurt feelings caused by what some Democrats might say, especially when there are plenty of religion-friendly Democrats out there to balance things out, is hardly that much to expect from a person.