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To: bs9021
The reason liberalism thrives is that it gives expression to society's misgivings about itself. Lots of people have reservations about capitalism and feel that it really is too Darwinian and has the power to corrupt the society through unchecked consumerism and greed. Even many conservatives feel this way. Lots of people, including conservatives, worry about spoiling the environment. Lots of people worry about the poor and the downtrodden and the disadvantaged. Even regarding religion, lots of people see hypocrisy in religious people and their leaders. Even some conservatives do.

Liberalism gives passionate, angry expression to all of these and proposes solutions that are irrational and vengeance seeking, which appeals to a lot of people. Liberalism is like a surreal dream where nothing makes sense but everything is compelling. Liberalism takes legitimate concerns and moral feelings, and then goes too far. Liberalism is moral anxiety untempered by wisdom.

10 posted on 06/28/2010 8:32:28 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Yardstick

Liberalism is chaos. I recall in college when the Black Student Union took over our Admin. building for a week. It totally disrupted classes and did absolutely nothing but prevent kids from going to school. This is what I see happening now with Obama. He’s disrupting our lives and creating chaos. You cannot run a great country like America based on outdated principles of radical 60’s socialism. OBAMA IS CHAOS!!!


13 posted on 06/28/2010 8:59:14 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Yardstick

Also, some conservatives become hypocritical when they have to be responsible, personally.

I have a friend who opposes welfare, social spending, government subsidies, supposedly.

When his dad got sick he went to great lengths to hide his asssets, so they could get MediCare or what have you to cover his permanent placement in a nursing home. He complained about how you had to get the house and the car and the money market funds all switched to other people’s names for a certain length of time before you could “collect.”

So our tax dollars go for the permanent care of a man in a nursing home who could have paid for several months if not years of that care by himself.

Basically, it’s just hypocrisy. There is a lack of principle there in my opinion.


16 posted on 06/28/2010 9:07:05 AM PDT by Persevero (The Second American Revolution, “THE GREAT FLUSH”, starts Nov. 2, 2010)
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