Posted on 01/24/2015 7:47:49 PM PST by DeweyCA
Bump, whatever that means..........
Only 7?
Seven is the coveted number. As I have initiated this most coveted award, I can set the specifications. LOL
One of the prejudices of liberalism is that they see everyone as part of a group, not as an individual.
All too true. I was reflecting on this the other day. Ask a liberal how many black or hispanic or gay friends he or she has. I'll bet you they can rattle them off right off the cuff. They pigeonhole everyone into little compartments. Everyone is labeled and categorized. Talk about prejudices! Ask a conservative the same question and chances are they'll have to think about it for a while. Not because they don't have black or hispanic or gay friends and acquaintances, but because they see them as people/friends first, and the rest of it as relatively unimportant sidebar.
From there, they turn on TV and watch shows created by liberals that lean to the left, if they have any political viewpoint at all.
Few things are as pathetic as Christians/Conservatives who wallow in liberal pop culture. My wife and I stopped going to a certain church where a woman involved with the youth ministry told us about how much fun she and her teen aged daughter had at the “Lady Gaga” concert.
“Liberals tend to view people as parts of groups, not individuals”
That to me is the defining difference between right and left in this country.
This is exactly opposite of the truth of the matter.
If conservatives thought liberals were stupid, they wouldn't try to debate them. The problem with conservatives is that they give stupid liberals too much credit for being more intelligent than liberals actually are.
As for the liberals' claim that conservatives are evil, there are two ways to look at it. First, projection. Liberals are evil, and think everyone else is, too; and that conservatives are just lying hypocrites about moral absolutes. Liberals cannot imagine a life without the pretension of guilt-free sin. Liberals also think they know better than everyone else; and since they believe in moral relativity and "if it feels good, do it", they believe conservatives are evil for wanting to keep them from destroying themselves and others with soul-killing messes like teen sex, homesexuality, drugs and welfare dependency. On the other hand, all it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. On this score, faux conservatives like the RINOs really ARE evil.
This has an upside. Conservatives hear the other side and learn how to form arguments against it. Liberals, on the other hand, are used to being patted on the head and told that they are right. That's why they get hysterical when challenged or forced to hear a conservative point of view. All they can do is start name-calling.
This has an upside. Conservatives hear the other side and learn how to form arguments against it. Liberals, on the other hand, are used to being patted on the head and told that they are right. That's why they get hysterical when challenged or forced to hear a conservative point of view. All they can do is start name-calling.
Burp,
I know what That means.
Why do we call these people liberals? they espouse the opposite of freedom. They seek to subjugate the population with their pretentious airs.
Marxist/Socialist statists stole “liberal.” Classical liberalism is the antithesis of what today’s “liberals” support.
Snip: “Unless liberals actively seek out conservative viewpoints, which is unlikely, the only conservative arguments they’re probably going to hear are going to be through the heavily distorted, poorly translated, deeply skeptical lens of other liberals.”
Very, very, true! I would further the argument to say that for a liberal, to even contemplate seeking out an ‘alternative’ viewpoint from their ‘progressive’ group think talking points, scares the bejeebers out of them!
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It’s a fairly long read, but Jonah Goldberg goes into great detail to answer your question in his book ‘Liberal Fascism’.
http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/0767917189
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Very important point about “Projection” by the liberal, back FROM HIMSELF towards his opponent, and his opponent’s views or facts.
Ties with the “no moral clarity”.
“If “I” lie, cheat, steal, and hate, and “I” am a good person because “I” am a liberal with “good intentions” then “YOU” ALWAYS lie, cheat, steal and hate because YOU are a very bad person with evil, hate-filled, intolerant ideas who must be destroyed. Because “I” am a good person who wants to do good things that make me feel good. “
See how that feedback comes back as hatred?
Articles that explain how modern liberals suffer from a mental disorder.
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