HUMOR BREAK - Definition of the word "liberal"

Urban Dictionary ^ | 1/31/2005 | Idiots

[Jaysun]

I sometimes like to visit liberal forums and chuckle at how preposterous they are. Some kid asked them what a liberal is and they directed him to the link below.

The liberals' definition of "liberal" is.......well, here's how one liberal that managed to chew through the leather straps puts it:

"One who is polically speaking, party neutral. One who examines both sides of an issue before making a stance, and also will re-examine their stance upon presentation of new evidence. A liberals views are not limited by bigotry, tradition, dogma, tradtion, etc. They are based on the results of their own observations and investigations into a subject from as many sides as possible. While the liberal prefers to use logic over emotion, it does not mean he is without a heart. A liberal is just a capable of compassion as another man. He only tries to avoid the irrationality that can result from stong emotions."

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=liberal&page=2

[Jaysun]

I can't wait until the hippies die off and the kids grow up.

[garyhope]

"I can't wait until the hippies die off and the kids grow up."

I will be SO GLAD when the damned 60's are finally over. Unfortunately it may not be in my lifetime. The 60's were like a plague on any kind of rational thinking.

I habitually put the word "liberal" in quotes because they are perpetually anything but.

[Southack]

They aren't even "liberal" any longer...just left wing.

I mean, it's not "liberal" to ban smoking in restaurants. It's not liberal to ban praying on **public** sidewalks in front of abortion clinics. It's not liberal to want to ban our firearms. It's not liberal to want to ban hunting. It's not liberal to want to ban new home construction (you know, that so-called "urban sprawl"). It's not liberal to ban our military from recruiting on a college campus. It's not liberal to label all non-pro-gay utterances as "hate speech" and then ban it. It's not liberal to ban individuals from driving in special highway lanes (HOV).

It's old-fashioned Stalinism wrapped with faces too young to know the old monster.

[Darkwolf377]

"One who is polically speaking, party neutral.

Which explains why they're all democrats. Lincoln Chafee excepted.

One who examines both sides of an issue before making a stance,

Yes, the rest of us only listen to ONE side. (How does one get one side of an issue--say, a war? They hear the US is going to war and just say "Good! I approve!" even if later they find out it's a war with Antarctica? Or taxes--if one hears of a tax raise, are they just FOR it, or do they think "Hmm, less money for food and clothes..."

Nope--this is just another self-ennobling liberal nothingness. Begin ANY issue with the words "President Bush supports--" and see how willing a liberal is to "examine both sides of an issue."

BTW--funny how the folks who are always seeing "shades of gray" here say there are only TWO sides to any issue...

and also will re-examine their stance upon presentation of new evidence.

More self-loving crap. Or has this fool not seen the conservative lashing W got for his Harriet Miers pick, something those who supported all of W's judicial appointments up to now wouldn't have done if he wasn't willing to re-examine his stance, which EVERYONE does. If it turned out tomorrow that we had solid evidence that we've lost 4 million Americans in Iraq and that Russia was behind 9-11, we sure would be re-examining our stance on the war.

A liberals views are not limited by bigotry,

LOL!!!!!Oh, that was a good one. Please look at how the libs react to Ken Blackwell...Clarence Thomas...Israel... SAUDIS..."Neo-Cons"... Jews... Christians. All of the liberal views are positively caged by their bigoted views of how "proper" blacks, Jews, etc. had better behave.

tradition,

Communist tradition--or "African"/It Takes A Village/ Wicca tradition?

dogma,

Blah blah blah, what a nothing sentiment. (Communist Manifesto and the writings of Andrea Dworkin and the secularists not being dogma, of course.

tradtion, etc.

There is no liberal tradition? That's not even worth making a joke about. FDR is such a saint to these people that you don't dare TALK about Social Security, so sacred is it.

They are based on the results of their own observations and investigations into a subject from as many sides as possible.

This person is bending over backwards flattering himself so much he's now able to kiss his own ass. ALL thinking creatures do--that has nothing to do with "liberalism". And yet, I wonder how often these liberals consult the RNC website for "as many sides as possible". Or a Bible. (And I'm an agnostic, btw.)

While the liberal prefers to use logic over emotion,

I really REALLY can't read this stuff while sipping a drink. Oh, wow, that was a good one. Has there ever been a liberal who in debate DOESN'T descend to "But don't you CARE about..." and such phrases as "mean-spirited" and "hate crime," all of which are about injecting emotion into discussions of reason and fact?

it does not mean he is without a heart. A liberal is just a capable of compassion as another man. He only tries to avoid the irrationality that can result from stong emotions."

That must explain the call (posted here tonight) for libs to show up ad bang pots and pans outside the State of the Union speech--because that gawdawful noise will carry the facts and figures that will contradict the President's points.

[Darkwolf377]

BTW, I found an intelligent liberal on that page--scroll down to #20.

I don't agree with his politics, but he makes an interesting point about libs on the internet.

[Darkwolf377]

"Liberal: a power worshipper without power"
-George Orwell

[Jaysun]

BTW, I found an intelligent liberal on that page--scroll down to #20.
I don't agree with his politics, but he makes an interesting point about libs on the internet.

I saw that too. He's close to finding Jesus, won't be a liberal much longer.

[vimto]

I no longer use the term liberal - I write illiberal - that is what it realy is.

warm regards

[No Longer Free State]

My longstanding definition of a "moderate" is directly tied to this thread:

Moderate (N): a liberal that lacks the courage of his convictions. Origin: coastal United States popular press and parts of Arizona.

[HangThemHigh]

Maybe #20 is somewhat rational, but be sure & check #13 on the way for a good laugh.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

I'm reading the definition for George W. Bush. alle eye kan saye iz theys gott an mazterin off dat fantsea spellen'

[Jaysun]

I'm reading the definition for George W. Bush. alle eye kan saye iz theys gott an mazterin off dat fantsea spellen'

LOL!

[Haemo]

They aren't even "liberal" any longer...just left wing.

I mean, it's not "liberal" to ban smoking in restaurants. It's not liberal to ban praying on **public** sidewalks in front of abortion clinics. It's not liberal to want to ban our firearms. It's not liberal to want to ban hunting. It's not liberal to want to ban new home construction (you know, that so-called "urban sprawl"). It's not liberal to ban our military from recruiting on a college campus. It's not liberal to label all non-pro-gay utterances as "hate speech" and then ban it. It's not liberal to ban individuals from driving in special highway lanes (HOV).

Right on. In an earlier, less definition-confused generation everyone on this board would have been called liberals - the Republican party itself was built on solid, classical liberal foundations.

It was the Democrats who developed into a party of socialism, then (noting how unpopular 'ol Uncle Joe was following WWII) hijacked the term. Modern "liberals" are nothing of the sort - they support government meddling, socialist policies and a legislated morality. It churns my stomach everytime the media introduces one of them as "liberal".

[phoenix0468]

well, here's how one liberal that managed to chew through the leather straps puts it:

You owe me a new monitor damn it!!

A liberals views are not limited by bigotry, tradition, dogma, tradtion, etc.

With tradition being mentioned twice because it's so...traditional? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

[phoenix0468]

Yes, we need to introduce a new work into the lexicon. How about ignoranalractolists? If you need a definition it would be "a really stupid individual looking at the world through his/her sphincter."

[Clint N. Suhks]

May I say?

Excellent Rant!

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

I have a t-shirt and the writing looks like a dictionary entry for the word liberal - a person so open-minded that their brain has fallen out.

[Southack]

They want to ban our civil rights to own guns. That's not liberal.

They want to outlaw so-called "hate speech." That's not very liberal, either.

They want to prohibit organizations that don't comply with their agenda from using public facilities (e.g. Boy Scouts using public school buildings for meetings and National Forests for camp outs). What's "liberal" about that position?!

They want the right to euthanize old people. Damn.

They want the right to murder pre-born children. Jesus.

They want to prohibit you from building your house on vacant land...they call that "urban sprawl."

They want to **destroy** safe, clean, environmentally friendly nuclear power plants.

They want to raise your gasoline taxes.

They want to ban the internal combustion engine.

They want to outlaw the public display of religion (unless it's Satanism, Atheism, Wicca, etc.).

They want to ban your use of waterways.

They believe that they should shout down any speaker who even so much as disagrees with them or points out an alternative view.

What's "liberal" about them? That they have unprotected sex with underage partners on the first, second, or certainly by the third date??

I don't see their so-called "liberalism." They aren't tolerant of our political views, that's for certain. They attacked President Reagan when he passed away. They attacked Chief Justice Rehnquist when he died, and they attack President Bush daily.

Heck, they drew blood from a mere *reporter* who dared ask a conservative question at a White House press conference. Listen to any of these radicals for any length of time and they'll tell you that their dearth of political victories is due to not being aggressive enough. They want to "fight, fight, fight."

That's the modern Left in the U.S. today.

[Jaysun]

Liberal = Liar, Idiotic, Bigoted, Evil, Rotten, Assinine, Liar

Nuff Said.

That's bumper sticker material.