Reply #140: No problem

[theHandpuppet]

We learn so little of our own history here in the U.S. it seems whatever else we learn about others must be done on our own. I've always loved history but there are such gaps in my own knowledge... am just catching up on my own family history and an era about which I knew so little.

As far as Collins goes, I might consider him a great Irish Nationalist hero in the same vein I might consider William Wallace or Robert the Bruce heroes of Scottish Nationalism, but not as an example of liberalism. Of course, the term "liberalism" might be defined quite differently by folks and there are a number of names on the list here that I would question.