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Are You a Liberal? - (Dennis Prager's questionnaire - funny!)
DENNIS PRAGER.COM ^ | APRIL 24, 2005 | DENNIS PRAGER

Posted on 04/24/2005 1:36:24 PM PDT by CHARLITE

It is my belief that about half of the Americans who call themselves liberal do not hold the great majority of positions held by mainstream liberal institutions such as the New York Times editorial page, People for the American Way, and the liberal wing of the Democratic Party. So here is a test of this thesis to be given to anyone who believes he or she is a liberal. If you feel I have omitted a liberal position or have unfairly characterized any of them here, please email me. This is still a work in progress.

Thank you,
Dennis Prager
dennisprager@dennisprager.com

You say you are a liberal.

Do you believe the following?

1.Standards for admissions to universities, fire departments, etc. should be lowered for people of color.
2.Bilingual education for children of immigrants, rather than immersion in English, is good for them and for America.
3.Murderers should never be put to death.
4.During the Cold War, America should have adopted a nuclear arms freeze.
5.Colleges should not allow ROTC programs.
6.It was wrong to wage war against Saddam Hussein in the Gulf War.
7.Poor parents should not be allowed to have vouchers to send their children to private schools.
8.It is good that trial lawyers and teachers unions are the two biggest contributors to the Democratic Party.
9.Marriage should be redefined from male-female to any two people.
10.A married couple should not have more of a right to adopt a child than two men or two women.
11.The Boy Scouts should not be allowed to use parks or any other public places and should be prohibited from using churches and synagogues for their meetings.
12.The present high tax rates are good.
13.Speech codes on college campuses are good and American values are bad.
14.The Israelis and Palestinians are morally equivalent.
15.The United Nations is a moral force for good in the world, and therefore America should be subservient to it and such international institutions as a world court.
16.It is good that colleges have dropped hundreds of men's sports teams in order to meet gender-based quotas.
17.No abortions can be labeled immoral.
18.Restaurants should be prohibited by law from allowing customers to choose between a smoking and a non-smoking section.
19.High schools should make condoms available to students and teach them how to use them.
20.Racial profiling for terrorists is wrong -- a white American grandmother should as likely be searched as a Saudi young male.
21.Racism and poverty -- not a lack of fathers and a crisis of values -- are the primary causes of violent crime in the inner city.
22.It is wrong and unconstitutional for students to be told, "God bless you" at their graduation.
23.No culture is morally superior to any other.

Those are all liberal positions. How many of them do you hold?


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Note: Howlin' Howie Dean - "Dr. Demoniac" - believes all of the above............and he's calling Republicans and conservatives "brain dead??????!!!"
1 posted on 04/24/2005 1:36:29 PM PDT by CHARLITE
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To: Carry_Okie; hedgetrimmer

Good list. I think Prager could use some help adding some environmental criteria. Agenda21 comes to mind.


2 posted on 04/24/2005 1:41:37 PM PDT by calcowgirl
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To: CHARLITE

I think he will find more people saying "yes" than he anticipated.


3 posted on 04/24/2005 1:42:50 PM PDT by gitmo (Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
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To: CHARLITE
Q. 21 - He neglects to consider that many liberals think guns are the cause of crime and violence in inner cities.
4 posted on 04/24/2005 1:45:25 PM PDT by coloradan (Hence, etc.)
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To: CHARLITE

Very nice.


5 posted on 04/24/2005 1:45:33 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: CHARLITE

24. Do you think we should defund the armed forces as they have done in France and Canada?


6 posted on 04/24/2005 1:46:39 PM PDT by Bullish
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To: CHARLITE

I scored a big fat zero. I do not agree with 23 out of 23. I must not have been paying attention in class.


7 posted on 04/24/2005 1:48:38 PM PDT by Mark in the Old South (Sister Lucia of Fatima pray for us)
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To: Mark in the Old South
I scored a big fat zero.

Uh-oh. I scored two. What should I do?

8 posted on 04/24/2005 1:51:02 PM PDT by bigLusr (Quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur)
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To: CHARLITE
Great list but it can be made much longer, I'd like to see the finished version. A few things jumped out at me when reading it:

1.Standards for admissions to universities, fire departments, etc. should be lowered for minorities.

3.Murderers should never be put to death. many conservatives are against the death penalty as well

22.It is wrong and unconstitutional for students to be told, "God bless you" at their graduation. They really don't want the word "God" mentioned anywhere in schools

9 posted on 04/24/2005 1:53:51 PM PDT by Teflonic
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To: CHARLITE

This was the first time I've ever scored a Zero and been happy about it.


10 posted on 04/24/2005 1:55:13 PM PDT by kanecorp
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To: CHARLITE

24. Do you think patchouli oil is a substitute for Right Guard?


11 posted on 04/24/2005 1:57:05 PM PDT by ryan71 (Speak softly and carry a BIG STICK)
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To: CHARLITE

I have pretty much come to the conclusions that "liberals" do not actually have any guiding principles at all. Guiding principles can lead you to any of the forms of conservatism, or perhaps to socialism, but not to liberalism, which means apparently nothing more that a desire to inadvertantly increase government power and responosibility in the service of foolish and random do-goodism.


12 posted on 04/24/2005 1:58:37 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: Mark in the Old South

I got zero too. Hurrah.


13 posted on 04/24/2005 2:02:22 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Bullish
"24. Do you think we should defund the armed forces as they have done in France and Canada?"

Excellent addition. Should have been part of Prager's list, but then theoretically, the list could be endless. No?

Char :)

14 posted on 04/24/2005 2:02:43 PM PDT by CHARLITE (I lost my car keys............so now I have to walk everywhere.......)
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To: CHARLITE

It would be interesting to post this down at the DUmp. I can't do it myself as I am apparently much to stupid for such difficult tasks having scored a zero on this test.


15 posted on 04/24/2005 2:06:05 PM PDT by Fresh Wind
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To: Fresh Wind

to = too (DUh)


16 posted on 04/24/2005 2:08:06 PM PDT by Fresh Wind
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To: Teflonic
1.Standards for admissions to universities, fire departments, etc. should be lowered for minorities.

Technically, males are a minority.

It it time for males to rise up against the female chauvanist sows!!

17 posted on 04/24/2005 2:08:46 PM PDT by Polybius
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To: bigLusr

Repent


18 posted on 04/24/2005 2:13:33 PM PDT by Mark in the Old South (Sister Lucia of Fatima pray for us)
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To: gitmo
I think he will find more people saying "yes" than he anticipated.

I wish I could disagree with you.

19 posted on 04/24/2005 2:27:51 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: CHARLITE
Prager didn't use the words traitor or gallows once..
He might be a RINO....

Got my EyE on em.. (finger by left eye)...

20 posted on 04/24/2005 2:29:44 PM PDT by hosepipe (This Propaganda has been edited to include not a small amount of Hyperbole..)
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