I wasn't trying to be persuasive. Was pointing out a similarity that I perceived, and looking for feedback on how I expressed that. (The "looking for feedback" is implied by the fact that I posted it publicly. When I want to be selective about reactions, I lock posts.)

I've tried making disclaimers about how I don't mean things as strongly as I know they're going to come across... I've found that they don't help, and usually just muddy the issues.

(And Liz--if you don't like this going on in your journal, just say so; I'll drop it. I didn't mean to throw my weird quasi-political fanwank into your journal.)