Posted on 12/27/2010 6:58:07 AM PST by Kaslin
Your point is as good as any of the above. I think it is not possible to answer. Did they try?
Nope. Don't get me wrong, this wasn't a confrontational thing. It was a relative who's background is as a Chicago democrat. Not that she's a politician, just brought up as a democrat.
We were discussing the issue of big government and why people look to it to solve society's ills. I pointed out that people being imperfect, why do we believe that government, which is made up of some of the most imperfect (self-centered) people, is a proper resolution? It made her think.
I then went one step further. Why do people get in to politics? The answer is simple. They're self-centered and get into it for their own gratification. Even those who become public "servants", not politicians, do it for self-centered reasons. They have a life-long income, often greater than possible in the private sector, with little chance of termination, and a great pension to boot.
Thus, those we're giving the responsibility to to "serve" society are among the most self-serving people of all.
She didn't argue, but I could tell she thought about it.
Why are people greedy who want to earn money, but not greedy if they want to take it from someone and buy votes by pretending to be “givers” to the voters? Why are the politicians given credit for showing empathy when they are merely taking credit for a forced gift from another individual?
And why, given the finite amount of money for research for cures, are AIDS activists seen as heroic when funds are diverted to their largely preventable disease from things like childhood cancers?
Why are illegal aliens seen as sympathetic when they are actually pushing in line in front of OTHER people who have gone through the process to come here in the legal way? In no other area do people applaud line crashers.
That is what is so telling about them. Everything seems to stem from the cardinal sin of hypocrisy and the moral and ethical positions they must twist into pretzel-like shapes to avoid being labeled.
It all boils down to the fact that conservatives understand and believe humans are fallible, while liberals refuse to believe that, and instead blame it on root causes such a society, poverty, a bad upbringing, etc.
bflr
Good thoughts. Thanks for sharing.
You might find this amusing and interesting ping!
The author of these questions is the owner of the People’s cube web site.
I rarely waste time engaging hardcore progressives, but these are good questions.
Why is rape okay if its done by a leftist hero?
They claim to totally oppose racism but are the most racist when they find people like Condoleeza Rice, Clarence Thomas and others. Remember those editorial cartoons?
Yep. That's why I posted the link (but I wasn't super clear about it).
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
A New Years’ ping for you — here’s a list of questions to skewer lefties with (authored by “Red Square,”) that’s so fabulous that I decided to save it to disk.
Great link have e-mailed it to a bunch of friends,thanks for the ping.....
ALSO SEE: “The Four Questions Every Liberal Must Be Asked” at http://tinyurl.com/4Questions4Liberals
“What are you THINKING??!!”
Describes what I would find easy to believe about an ex-bossette and her galpal.
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