Posted on 12/30/2004 5:29:20 PM PST by quidnunc
One of the most notable differences between liberals and conservatives is that conservatives are willing to call themselves conservatives. Talk radio hosts such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity willingly, even eagerly, proclaim their conservatism.
Liberals in the mainstream media, by contrast, have spent 40 years denying their obvious tilt toward the left. Even outside the media, liberals resist the label, making recognition of liberals more difficult.
As a public service, and with apologies to Jeff Foxworthy, here are the early warning signs that reveal if you, or someone you care about, just might be a liberal.
You might be a liberal if
You think that if someone is getting richer, someone, somewhere, must be getting poorer.
You think that protestors outside nuclear power plants are dedicated activists, but protestors outside abortion clinics are dangerous zealots interfering with a legal activity.
You believe that more federal regulations will make your life better.
You believe that even though the top 20 percent of taxpayers pay 80 percent of income taxes, that the rich are not paying their fair share.
You think that Rush Limbaughs listeners are mindless dittoheads, but you have never doubted anything that you heard from Michael Moore.
You believe in global warming today just as firmly as you believed in global cooling back in the 1970s.
You believe that the network news is a better indicator of what real news is than talk radio, Internet news sites, and blogs.
You believe that there was never, ever a problem with biased news coverage until Fox News went on the air.
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(Excerpt) Read more at roanoke.com ...
LOL
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Holy cow, Race.
I'm gonna have to save this one and read it later. I'll fall asleep if I start it now. Not that it's boring, just that I'm tired.
Thanks for posting. The few I read are pretty good!
You believe that even though the top 20 percent of taxpayers pay 80 percent of income taxes, that the rich are not paying their fair share.
The rich are definitely NOT paying their "fair share" --- they are paying way too much in taxes.
ps ... I am definitely NOT rich.
Just copy and paste to NOTEPAD or something.
We had a different version a few days ago...
You might be a moonbat if...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1309975/posts
You might be a liberal if you think Gore won in 2000.
You might be a liberal if you think the impeachment of Bill Clinton was about a BJ.
Whew! What an incredible list. I don't know where to start, but you have compiled a comprehensive manifesto of what ordinary citizens should fear most about liberals; they are not just misinformed idealists but are power-hungry authoritarians. This is not an extreme formulation; they want to change the way most people live. Your list, sir, is both a warning and a survival guide for those who hunger for true liberty. May we hope to read more?
Some wag joked that "neocon" is a combination of two words: "Con," meaning "conservative," and "neo-," meaning "Jewish." Origninally used to refer to leftists (many of whom were Jewish) who came over to conservatism, these days it's used by the Buchananites and the Looney Left to refer to an alleged cabal within the government who subvert US foreign policy to support Israel's interests. In short, it's a codeword to express the old dual-loyalty libel.
This quip is my one beef with this article. The author has obviously never seen a closeup pic of Katherine Harris - "stone fox" is the term that springs to mind.
You still believe that Kerry won the election.
Just WOW, man!
How long did it take you to write that?
Cutting and pasting is your friend!
in other words - infiltra(i)tors!
bttt
I think my definition is better. ;-)
Bravo, bravo.... (sounds of clapping). You've got better info/stuff in that list than I have in my wee brain. I guess thats not saying much, but great post either way.
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