What is a liberal?(vanity)

Halls | 8/6/06 | Halls

[Halls]

Ok, I need help. I need a very good Conservative answer as to "what is a liberal?" Someone has asked me what a liberal really is and I need a good answer. If any of my fellow freepers want to give me their opinion of what a liberal is I would be greatful!

[dhs12345]

Hypocrisy is in there somewhere. "First amendment rights" for themselves and censorship for everyone else.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Lieing Inconsiderate Bastardizing Egotistical Repulsive Anal Losers

[Sam Cree]

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[pnut22]

I was always told that Liberals get an allowance and a Conservative pays the allowance.

[lancer]

The following seems to get the point across: a liberal is a slow learner.

[alpha-8-25-02]

http://books.google.com/books?id=rgflLMAVnjMC&dq=satan+was+the+first+liberal&pg=PA161&ots=NhY2FHF8Kk&sig=2e3GZhrQXf_HWo8HvuZnKjMlbbU&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dsatan%2Bwas%2Bthe%2Bfirst%2Bliberal%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=2

SATAN WAS THE FIRST LIBERAL!

[webboy45]

A liberal is someone who believes that good and evil are relative not absolute.

[o-n-money]

Liberals see all colors. They just can't see black and white.

[Bush gal in LA]

Oh I forgot .One of their favorite pet peeves is the ''environment'', of which they claim we ''evil conservatives''are speedily destroying. They like to preach these facts to us from their air conditioned mansions, or their SUV'S, before they take a jet to their next stop to preach to us about how we must conserve energy and ride bikes everywhere!.........AKA ''limousine liberals ''!

[Hildy]

Liberals will give you the shirt off of someone else's back.

[Bars4Bill]

Liberals are greatful

Conservatives are grateful

[liliesgrandpa]

A liberal is a person how has no problem giving -your- money to someone else, who they feel, need it more than you, and often that needy person is the liberal himself.

A liberal is a person who thinks all wars are bad, and just wants peace. They believe that means that all self defense is bad, and usually have to have someone save their bacon when they get in trouble. They don't get the concept of peace through strength.

A liberal is a person who wants more taxes and more government, even though they want to pay as little as possible themselves, and have the government do as much as possible for them. Do you realize the number of liberals who cheat on their taxes, or find outrageous loopholes to avoid paying taxes?

A liberal is a person who thinks that government should do as much as possible to protect and provide for the dumb masses, who just can't take care of themselves.

[Mike Darancette]

People who call themselves liberals today are different than 50 years ago. Today liberals seem to believe it is OK to hate God and America and the role that they play in the world.

[TChad]

Liberals believe in the concept of noblesse oblige.

They count themselves among the noblesse because they force others to oblige.

[o-n-money]

beautiful

[dfwgator]

A liberal used to be someone who believed that all men are created equal.

Today liberals believe that all ideas and belief systems are equal (except for the ones they disagree with).

[randita]

The liberals of today are VERY different from the liberals decades ago, so it's very hard to pen a description that fits ALL liberals.

IMO, a liberal is at heart a secular humanist. IOW, there is no ill that man (via big government solutions, of course) cannot remedy as long as the right intentions are there and enough money is allotted to the solution. Another aspect of this which comes into play is the ideology of victimization. That is, that no one is responsible for his/her staion in life or for the consequences of his/her actions. We are all victims of an unfair and unequal distribution of wealth. Which brings in the liberal goal of "equal results", not "equal opportunity".

Also, individuals and charitable groups cannot be trusted to do the right thing in helping people. Only government in the hands of secular liberal know-it-all, pointy-headed elites knows what's good for the rest of us so they have to forcibly take our money via taxation and use it as they see fit, because we're too selfish and too stupid to spend it wisely ourselves.

A great read which really takes you inside the psyche of a liberal is Thomas Sowell's book, The Vision of the Anointed". Although it was written a decade ago, it is even more relevant now than ever. Another great book on a similar topic from the same era is Marvin Olasky's "The Tragedy of American Compassion". Both books will give you lots of concrete examples of the wrongheadedness of liberalism and the wake of devastation which is strewn behind decades of The Great Society experiment.

[domenad]

I always liked Thomas Sowell's explanation the best: "A liberal is a person who feels a deep and abiding sense of obligation to his fellow man, a debt he proposes to pay with your money."

[Melas]

oh yeah....at least down South....a woman who lets her hair go grey early....99% of the time is a liberal

Now that's funny. I don't even know what my wife's natural hair color is. I'm not sure I've ever seen it.

[raygun]

Who Am I?

I don’t believe in the concept of evil,

But I think the Bush administration is evil.

I care more about getting my social security and Medicare

Than I care about genocidal dictators.

I weep for whales and dying animals,

But I am unconvinced of the goodness and global necessity of freedom;

even after mass graves are discovered.

I want world peace,

But I’m not willing to export freedom.

Despite the success of the war against terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq;

Despite the success of the tax cuts and the rebounding economy,

I will continue to undermine the Bush Administration.

I still believe in moral relativism,

Even after 9/11.

I care more about what the rest of the world thinks of America

Than I do about the United States' national security.

I will say nothing, do nothing, and be nothing

In the name of tolerance

And in order to avoid serious confrontation.

I support troops

Who are following orders I do not agree with.

I think all fighting is wrong,

Even when its fighting to stop bad guys.

I care more about the mental and emotional scarring of a few Iraqi rebels

Than I do about the rape of Jessica Walker Lynch

Or the murder, burning, and sexual mutilation of four American civilians by Iraqis.

I care more about the mistreatment of a few Iraqi rebels

Than the worse atrocities John Kerry has admitted to committing.

I value all life,

Even the lives of villains.

I don't think all Islam is bad because what a few bad Muslims did on 9/11,

But I do think all of the U.S. Military is bad because of a few misbehaving reservists.

I love all humanity,

But I hate people in general.

I believe in democracy,

But I'm afraid of voters.

I want more jobs,

But I hate capitalism.

I'm for multinationalism,

But I'm against outsourcing American jobs.

I celebrate Cinco de Mayo,

But I hate Columbus Day.

I think everybody should be educated about Islam,

But whenever somebody mentions Christianity I gag.

I want to save whales and protect the environment,

But I support a woman’s right to kill her babies.

I think having a high I.Q. and an appreciation of art

Makes me morally wise.

I question authority,

And I can’t keep a job.

I question reality,

And I struggle with depression and suicide.

I am an adult,

But I have the world view of a 14 year old girl.

I am bulging with morality

In all the wrong places.

I am the liberal mind.