Why, good point, Brother........labels do divide us.......Labeling someone burdens the labeler with a pre-supposed set of convictions that are quickly and easily digestible.............and eliminates most debate by moving the "starting point" of any debate way off into the corner most angry debaters paint themselves into eventually,.....by supposing their opponent will defend those pre-supposed positions to the "death",....as it were......I vote Democrat,....on most positions,.....I take an active part in the political process,.....I've never missed voting in an election since 1972......when the 18- year-olds got the vote, and I was the only one in my platoon to vote for George McGovern..........I'm the volunteer Political action fund treasurer for our Local,.........I take the time to research most positions, because I make recommendations for endorsements to the membership........sen. Joe Manchin of W. Va. has started a group several years ago , called "No Labels",.....and has many state and Federal legislators as members,.....unfortunately, most of them are.......Democrats.....The Republicans tend to want to fly their banner,...as it were.....Calling myself a "Democrat" is just my easy way of letting most people know I prefer to look for solutions,....instead of looking for people and things to blame,.....and hate....A funny game I play with people has to do with the Constitution........I ask some people who proclaim themselves as "Constitutionalists",....if they understand the Second Amendment........They usually quote it back to me , word for word.....Good,......now I ask them to define the three Freedoms and two Rights spelled out in the First Amendment,........and about 80% pretty much draw a blank......90%, if I ask which Amendment prohibits unreasonable search and seizure......You see,....the American people were "sold" the Second Amendment,......because there is money to be made from it,....by gun, ammo, body armor,....and "security" firms.....As a Constitutionalist,....you know there's nothing within the Second Amendment about recreational firearm use,.....(.by the way,....which militia are you associated with?,).....but the reason that the Second Amendment is....the second,....and the First Amendment precedes it,.......is because the Second Amendment is the enforcement clause, in case the Government,.....OR ANY OTHER ENTITY,....infringes on your First Amendment rights,......seems to escape most people,....which is why they can quote the Second Amendment,...yet not have a clue of WHAT they're defending.....i.e:, the First Amendment.........Many people are nowadays ..."used"...to leaving their First Amendment rights at the time clock, when they punch in at work,......yet see nothing wrong with that. Business Trumps Everything,.....even the Constitution, apparently. I agree that many more people should READ the Constitution,......and PRACTICE it by speaking up.....You can't defend,....with firearms,.....something you know nothing about, or don't believe in.........