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(Knee-jerk liberals are at least motivated by a desire for social justice, while knee-jerk neo-conservatives operate strictly out of fear--a fear of change; a fear of human instinct; a fear, it often seems to me, of their own latent homosexuality.)
We know that knee-jerk cynicism is as uninteresting as persistent naiveté--although the former is the superior betting strategy if you're playing blackjack in Vegas with Death.
I was beginning to wonder whether you were a knee-jerk neo-conservative, which is even worse than being a knee-jerk liberal.
Rather than showing real concern for the impact of camera-toting hordes or knee-jerk irreverence, I think the books are dispensing garden-variety flattery, making you feel superior to the next guy on the museum ticket line.
In his January 25 memo, Clarke had advised Rice that the government should respond to the Cole attack, but "should take advantage of the policy that 'we will respond at a time, place and manner of our own choosing' and not be forced into knee-jerk responses."