Posted on 09/30/2004 8:33:17 AM PDT by housewife101
Makes sense in a way... A liberal defines a "we" vs. "they" world and they care about "us" so long as you're a member of the "we" group.
That's funny, I didn't see anything that read, "lacking conviction in national identity" or "unwilling to invest the defense of one's country." I think those would be applicable, what about you? Oh yeah, and don't forget, "fiscally irresponsible person who has no understanding of what personal accountability is."
Yep, agree with all that...and they don't know what the meaning of the word "is" is.
If I recall correctly, employer provided health insurance began as a response to Democratic-imposed wage controls. Business owners (mostly Republican I would think) offered health insurance as additional compensation to get around those wage controls.
Well, you know that the "liberals" are the only ones who care about the "working class.":-) It was also CONSERVATIVES that voted for and helped the civil rights movement in congress, but one NEVER hears that from the press or in our wonderful public education system.
You are right about the wage controls. It is strange (or maybe not?) that liberals would correct problems stemming from failed economic policies of the past with those very same policies, by imposing price controls on health care.
In my case I'm a conservative who opposes the death penalty and supports sensible marijuana laws. I think the ten commandments monument should have remained in the Alabama courthouse and that abortion should be limited to the most dire medical circumstances. I think both evolution and creationism should be taught in our schools.
Sure my ideals conflict at times, but I deal with those conflics as best I can. I believe liberals have conflicting ideals but choose to supress them in an attempt to get their way.
Exactly.
I fear that many people have become too lazy to think for themselves and rely on the MSM, public education, and opinions of others to tell them what to think.
(They have long forgotten how to think.)
Some of my synonyms for liberal:
progressive, liar, fear monger, appeaser, slacker, cheater, cry baby
Liberal means, in the literal sense, generous. In political terms, it once meant supporting individual rights (liberty and liberal have the same root). Modern-day liberals have hijacked the word to cover the truth of their socialist-marxist agenda. In so doing, they have taken a word, which once denoted something good, and mangled its meaning to the point that it denotes something immoral and destructive.
In response to this hijacking of the term "liberal," I have formed my own definition of the word: the political equivalent of gay.
I said it before, and I will say it again:
The people who post on Free Republic are some of
the most insightful, intelligent I've ever seen.
very well said
"Last week I asked readers to help me define the term "liberal." "
Back then, Liberal = Socialist
In todays America, Liberal = Marxist
A liberal is someone who doesn't care what you DO, as long as he can control what you THINK.
If you think back over numerous examples of the double standards that liberals engage in, this definition makes sense.
(One example: compare Bill Clinton's sexual shenanigans and the liberal defense of him, to the allegations against Bob Packwood and the reaction to him. And so on and so on -- there are tons more examples.)
Liberalism defines a person's foreign policy, too. If the Soviet Union wins, it advances liberalism, so the libs were traitors during the cold war. If Osama causes chaos and harms the economy such that people might be willing to vote for liberals, then he advances the liberal cause and they don't want extremist Islam destroyed just yet.
"A conservative is a liberal that's been mugged.
A liberal is a conservative that's been arrested."
Uh Uh - liberals have become meaningless, but the term is full of meaning...
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