[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.

[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]

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!