Damn Straight I'm a Liberal
Conservatives call Liberals a whole lot of things. But maybe they need to look in the mirror.
A Conservative who wants to define what a family is would call a Liberal anti-family. The Liberal on the other hand, thinks a family can define itself.
A Conservative who would claim that Liberals have no morals are really saying that Liberals don't have the same morals as conservatives. Instead, we think again that it's a family issue and the government should stay out of it. Personally, I think turning your back on someone because they strayed from your morality is immoral.
Conservatives say we're anti-religion. But which side thinks that there's only one religion in the country. Even going with one nation under God. Whose God? Presbyterian, Methodist, Catholic, Jewish, and on and on and on. I'm not even sure Pat Robertson and Jerry Fallwell's Gods are one and the same.
And one of my favorites - the Conservative droning on and on about taxes. How many of these people benefit from tax breaks for all sorts of things. Let's say from now on, if you don't like taxes, fine, don't pay them. But we get to take away anything from your life that is funded by our taxes. And remember, when you're homeless, living on the steam grates in the winter is just bad planning, you get soaking wet.
A Conservative who wants to define what a family is would call a Liberal anti-family. The Liberal on the other hand, thinks a family can define itself.
A Conservative who would claim that Liberals have no morals are really saying that Liberals don't have the same morals as conservatives. Instead, we think again that it's a family issue and the government should stay out of it. Personally, I think turning your back on someone because they strayed from your morality is immoral.
Conservatives say we're anti-religion. But which side thinks that there's only one religion in the country. Even going with one nation under God. Whose God? Presbyterian, Methodist, Catholic, Jewish, and on and on and on. I'm not even sure Pat Robertson and Jerry Fallwell's Gods are one and the same.
And one of my favorites - the Conservative droning on and on about taxes. How many of these people benefit from tax breaks for all sorts of things. Let's say from now on, if you don't like taxes, fine, don't pay them. But we get to take away anything from your life that is funded by our taxes. And remember, when you're homeless, living on the steam grates in the winter is just bad planning, you get soaking wet.
posted by Anonymous at 5:54 PM
2 Comments:
i think it comes down to your basic worldview. people who were shown tolerance and mercy as children grow up to be tolerant and merciful adults. people who saw as children that other people's welfare was as important as their own grow up to be caring, giving adults. people who grew up with humor and discussion rather than rigidity and barked orders become the sort of people who are generous in their treatment of others. if you are liked, loved and appreciated, you do the same to others. you have basically an optimistic view of everything. i think conservatives see darkness and sin everywhere, so they arm themselves to the teeth, cut their own taxes rather than give stuff away to the undeserving and go on crusades against people who are different, and therefore dangerous.
i know which kind of person i would like to circle the world on a tandem bike with. oh, and i guess liberals aren't grammar facists, either, from the looks of that last monstrosity of a sentence...
That is the type of person with whom I would also enjoy traveling with ;).
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