Important Stuff -- Or Not: Liberal sympathizers but Conservative thinkers = Independent?

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Liberal sympathizers but Conservative thinkers = Independent?

I was responding to a comment left by Mark on LR's post - it was so long I just made it a post. Mark said -

I know several Liberals, including some in my own family. My doctor nephew is a Liberal. He's also a Christian. He is very intelligent, as is his father (my brother). I know both my brother and his doctor son share a belief in all of these principles, and yet, they remain Liberals. It is a mystery to me why they continue to be Liberals. Then, I noticed you have added a 14th truth about Liberals, and I think that one explains it.

Mark - I think I am/was/continuing to evolve like your brother and nephew. Labels can be comforting - and it is hard to accept emotionally the label - I am a conservative when conservatives are equated with Republicans and or worse racists [even though I know it is untrue]. But labels are powerful. I think it comes down to me finally understanding I am not a bad person because I choose and know the GOVERNMENT should not and cannot do things for society the best way - and learning it is not the same thing as saying WE [the people or individuals] CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT do things for society as a whole. Because WE should - but not our government. I choose "we the people" not "we the goverment" to do for people what they cannot do for themselves. John Stossel has shown time again on his one hour shows how the private citizens have done more to help out bad situations for people than the govnerment has ever been able to do. No red tape, no llame excuses for the slow up...just results when good people care. We see that in our daily lives. No government needed. And just because I prefer things that way - I am not a bad person. But I have to constantly remind myself of this. I have to keep repeating that or I think I am a bad person because I do not want the govenrment to run healthcare or even the post office for that matter. I want the government to do "just enough" but that does not mean I don't think we should do nothing "as people/individuals" for others - which is hard to keep distinguihsing when you are Christian and want to help...and at the same time I do not hate the idea of social justice. I was a huge advocate for liberation theology - the kind of church Obama attended. I was a theology major so I read about it as much as possible. Then realized as I studied the NT and OT - social justice was really not Jesus' point...but at the same time Jesus would not condone injustice carried out by two believers against each other. And there lies the constant tension...for people like me...liberal sympathizers but conservative thinkers. Which maybe what bugs your brother and nephew...just a thought.

3 comments:

Lone Ranger said...: Liberals talk a big game, but they have done absolutely nothing for the world or for this country. It is conservatives who dig in and get the job done. Liberals confiscate money from other people and even then mess it up. http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v19/i04/04001101.htm; 4:14 PM
namaste said...: my oldest voted for barry due to her associations with libs and her rebelliousness towards her momma. i can assure you, it is now biting her and quite out of her system.; 2:07 AM
Tonto said...: That's why I am here LR! you are right. But funny why it takes some of us like me...so long for the light bulb to come on!; 11:38 AM

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Talking Points

I don't use talking points, I create them.

1. Hate makes people stoopid.

2. There is nothing so impenetrable as a closed mind.

3. A stupid person is not someone who can't learn, but someone who refuses to learn.

4. It is a small mind that has no room for God.

5. You can take Stalin out of the gene pool, but you can't take Stalinism out of liberals.

6. The best way to sabotage a bad plan is to follow it to the letter.

7. The race card is the first refuge of people who have nothing to say.

8. Ignorance is the cornerstone of arrogance.

9. Which is more racist, to hate someone who is not white or to assume someone is racist because he is white?

10. Children are not stupid. If a child is taught, the child will learn. If a child is not learning, the child is not being taught.

11. To express righteous indignation, one must first be righteous. And that's a label that doesn't stick to liberals.

12. Profanity is ignorance made audible.

13. An open mind is a liberal's worst enemy.

14. Paternalism is the purest form of racism.

15. People who bend the truth, usually bend it in their favor.

16. If you always stand in opposition to liberalism, you will never be wrong.

18. Life is simple. People who make it complicated usually have an agenda.

19. Getting your news from the corrupt, liberal media is like sticking your head in the sand, except you don't get grit in your teeth.

20. Liberals' emotional development stops at the age of 16.

21. To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell the truth.

22. Idealism seldom matches up with reality.

23. Those who don't hate communism have never lived it.

24. This was a much more civil country when men walked about heavily armed.

25. This economy will never heal as long as Obama keeps picking at the scab.

26. Liberals don't think outside the box; they ARE the box.

27. You cannot change the hearts and minds of liberals, because they possess neither.

28. There is no such thing as a kind liberal.

29. Reading Democratic Party platforms is like reading the history of human rights abuses and crimes against humanity in this country.

25 Immutable Truths About Liberals

Over the years I've been writing this blog, I've been throwing out little self-evident truths that seem to have no exceptions that prove the rule. I've made a list of some of them and will add to it as I remember them or make up more. Most of this list I've come up with myself. A few I've borrowed from others.

1. Always expect the worst from a liberal and you will never be surprised.

2. Never try to reason with a liberal. They disregard any evidence that conflicts with their beliefs.

3. You can always tell what liberals are up to by what they accuse conservatives of doing.

4. Liberals don't debate, they argue.

5. The only standards liberals have are double standards.

6. Liberals feel, conservatives think.

7. Whenever you don't understand a liberal's motives, just look for the money.

8. Liberals cannot be embarrassed. They lack the gene to blush.

9. The Liberal Golden Rule is, "Do unto others but scream bloody murder if they do unto you."

10. Liberals don't have leaders, they have demi-gods.

11. There are no honest liberals. If they were honest -- especially to themselves -- they would be conservatives.

12. A liberal's business is nobody's business, but everyone's business is a liberal's business.

13. Liberals have an inflated sense of self-worth. They are like house flies that criticize the air-worthiness of a Stealth fighter. (Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, ad infinitum are morons.)

14. Liberals lack a sixth sense that conservatives have in abundance -- common sense.

15. Liberals never stop hating.

16. There are only two types of liberals -- the deceivers and the deceived. The difficulty is telling them apart.

17. Every time liberals get on their high horse, they get bucked off.

18. Liberal programs are so wonderful that they have to be forced on people.

19. Liberals always choke on their own medicine.

20. When given a moral choice, liberals always come down on the wrong side of the fence.

21. The only way liberals can build themselves up is by tearing others down.

22. Liberals not only refuse to learn from their mistakes, they refuse to admit them.

23. Liberals have only two political positions -- blind devotion and blind hatred.

24. Liberals are incapable of attacking the message, so they always attack the messenger.

25. Liberal diversity is only skin deep.