Posted on 01/17/2017 9:53:22 AM PST by DeweyCA
Source of Human Rights: Left: government; Right: the Creator
Human Nature: Left: basically good (Therefore, society is primarily responsible for evil.); Right: not basically good (Therefore, the individual is primarily responsible for evil.)
Economic Goal: Left: equality; Right: prosperity
Primary Role of the State: Left: increase and protect equality; Right: increase and protect liberty
Government: Left: as large as possible; Right: as small as possible
Family Ideal: Left: any loving unit of people; Right: a married father and mother, and children
Guiding Trinity: Left: race, gender and class; Right: liberty, In God We Trust and e pluribus unum
Good and Evil: Left: relative to individual and/or society; Right: based on universal absolutes
Humanitys Primary Division(s): Left: rich and poor; strong and weak; Right: good and evil
Ideal Primary Identity of an American: Left: world citizen; Right: American citizen
How to Make a Good Society: Left: abolish inequality; Right: develop each citizens moral character
View of America: Left: profoundly morally flawed; inferior to any number of European countries; Right: greatest force for good among nations in world history
Gender: Left: a social construct; Right: male and female
Most Important Trait to Cultivate in a Child: Left: self-esteem; Right: self-control
Worth of the Human Fetus: Left: determined by the mother; Right: determined by society rooted in Judeo-Christian values
Primary Source of Crime: Left: poverty, racism and other societal flaws; Right: the criminals malfunctioning conscience
Place of God and Religion in America: Left: secular government and secular society; Right: secular government and religious society
American Exceptionalism: Left: chauvinistic doctrine; Right: historical reality
Greatest Threat to the World: Left: environmental catastrophe (currently global warming); Right: evil (currently radical Islamist violence)
International Ideal: Left: world governed by the United Nations, and no single country is dominant; Right: world in which America is the single strongest entity
Primary Reason for Lack of Peace in Middle East: Left: Israeli settlements in the West Bank; Right: Palestinian, Arab and Muslim denial of Jewish states right to exist
Purpose of Art: Left: challenge status quo and bourgeois sensibilities; Right: produce works of beauty and profundity to elevate the individual and society
Guns: Left: ideally universally abolished, except for use by police, the armed forces and registered sportsmen; Right: ideally widely owned by responsible individuals for self-protection and the protection of others
Race: Left: intrinsically significant; Right: intrinsically insignificant
Racial, Ethnic and Gender Diversity at Universities: Left: most important; Right: far less important than ideological diversity
Black Americas Primary Problem: Left: racism; Right: lack of fathers
Greatest Playwright: Left: entirely subjective; there is no greatest playwright; Right: Shakespeare
War: Left: not the answer; Right: sometimes the only answer
Hate: Left: wrong, except when directed at the political; Right: wrong, except when directed at evil
Cultures: Left: all equal; Right: some are better than others
Americas Founding Fathers: Left: rich white male slave owners; Right: great men who founded the greatest society
Purpose of Judges: Left: pursue social justice; Right: pursue justice
National Borders: Left: a relic of the past; Right: indispensable for national survival
View of Illegal Immigrants: Left: welcomed guests; Right: illegal immigrants
Nature: Left: intrinsically valuable; Right: made for man
How much longer can both sides occupy the same piece of real estate?
I have a few minor quibbles but basically right on.
Ironic that Karl Marx was a real advocate for Free Trade.
Me too.
Yes, well summarized, as I would expect from Dennis.
IDEAS OF LIBERTY: (from Americas Founders and Presidents)The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them. (Jefferson - 1774)
Statesmen may plan and speculate for Liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone which can establish the principles upon which Freedom can securely stand. (John Adams - 1775)
The Sacred Rights of Mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the Hand of the Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power. (Alexander Hamilton)
Without God, there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first and the most basic expression of Americanism. Thus the founding fathers saw it, and thus, with Gods help, it will continue to be. (Dwight Eisenhower)
The same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe, the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God. (John F. Kennedy - 1961 Inaugural)
it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly implore His protection and favor .(George Washington)
Now the virtue which had been infused into the Constitution and was to give it the stability and duration to which it was destined, was no other than those abstract principles proclaimed in the Declaration of Independencenamely, the self-evident truths of the unalienable rights of man the sovereignty of the people, always subordinate to a rule of right and wrong, and always responsible to the Supreme Ruler of the universe for the rightful exercise of that sovereign power. (John Quincy Adams, on the occasion of The Jubilee of the Constitution - 1839)
COUNTERFEIT IDEAS: (from some of those whose views have dominated national educational policy)
The idea of God is the keystone of a perverted society. The true root of liberty, equality and culture is atheism. (Karl Marx)
Our thinking is enlightened in the degree in which we cease to depend upon belief in the supernatural. (John Dewey, father of progressive education and 1st President of American Humanist Society)
democracy is a human faith and movement, unencumbered by supernatural preconceptions. (John Childs, a protégé of John Dewey at Columbia)
the majority of our youth still hold the values of their parents, and if we do not alter this pattern, if we do not resocialize ourselves to accept change, our society may decay. (John Goodlad, 1971 Report to President, Schooling for the Future)
As in 1933, humanists still believe that traditional theism, especially a faith in the prayer-hearing God, who is assumed to love and care for persons, to hear and understand their prayers, and be able to do something about them, is an unproved and outmoded faith. (Humanist Manifesto II, 1973)
the most important factor moving us toward a secular society has been the educational factor. Our schools may not teach Johnny to read properly, but the fact that Johnny is in school until he is sixteen tends to lead toward elimination of religious superstition. (Paul Blanshard, The Humanist, March-April, 1976)
It [the Natl. Education Associations publication list] includes the delegitimizing of all authority save that of the state, the degradation of traditional morality and the encouragement of citizens in general and children in particular to despise the rules and customs that make their society a functional democracy. The NEA is drifting into exceedingly dangerous waters, and probably carrying more than a few teachers and pupils with it. (Chester E. Finn, Jr., Former Asst. Sec. of Education & Prof. of Education & Public Policy, Vanderbilt Univ., 1982)
Now, my countrymen, if you have been taught doctrines which conflict with the great landmarks of the Declaration of Independence
let me entreat you to come back. Return to the fountains whose waters spring close to the blood of the Revolution. (Abraham Lincoln) These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and the blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety. - President Thomas Jefferson First Inaugural Address
My only significant quibble is with the last entry, re "Nature".
Otherwise, quite succinctly stated.
Worth of the Human Fetus: Left: determined by the mother; Right: determined by society rooted in Judeo-Christian values
The worth of the human fetus to the Left is determined by society, based on short-term utilitarian choices: if the society wants mothers to abort, they either entice (Planned Parenthood) or force (China one-child policy) mothers to abort, and if the society doesn't want mothers to abort (Ceausescu), they force mothers not to abort.
The worth of the human fetus to the Right is determined by God, as reflected in Judeo-Christian values. The exception to this is the atheist libertarian right, which leaves the decision solely to the mother, with neither societal or divine intervention.
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Somebody owes you a living versus nobody owes you a living.
You serve the Government versus the Government serves you.
It’s always someone else’s fault versus personal responsibility.
I have Rights versus your Rights end at the tip of my nose.
If your are Meryl Streep, Trump mocked a Disabled Reporter versus you can Abort a Child who is Disabled.
The single biggest basic difference between the Left and the Right is that those on the Right believe that those on the Left are either uninformed or stupid or naive. In other words, with a little effort they are capable of changing into informed people with opinions that reflect reality to some degree. However, the Left views those on the Right as being evil. Thus, they are unable to ever change and become good. Therefore, they must be demonized and made both irrelevant and powerless.
Remember that before you ever allow another Leftist to gain power over you or your country.
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