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What it means to be a liberal
Chicago Tribune ^ | October 10, 2006

Posted on 10/10/2006 6:39:41 AM PDT by PolishProud

1. Liberals believe individuals should doubt their own truths and consider fairly and open-mindedly the truths of others. (snip) Liberals are skeptical of censorship and celebrate free and open debate.

2. Liberals believe individuals should be tolerant and respectful of difference. It is liberals who have supported and continue to support the civil rights movement, affirmative action, the Equal Rights Amendment and the rights of gays and lesbians. (snip)

3. Liberals believe individuals have a right and a responsibility to participate in public debate. (snip) the elimination of obstacles to voting; "one person, one vote;" limits on partisan gerrymandering; campaign-finance reform; and a more vibrant freedom of speech.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


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Freepers, you'll love this hypocritical oped from the Chicago Tribune. Only a pointy head college professor could get lost in a parallel universe. Italics are my comments.

Liberals are for: 1) FREEDOM OF SPEECH despite recent events at Colimbia.

2) PROTECTION OF SECURITY never mind attacks against NSA.

3)ELECTION REFORM no ID's needed and Soros can win with big bucks and GOP cannot refute Foley cover up with ads naming pols within 60 days of election.

It goes on and on. Check it out.

1 posted on 10/10/2006 6:39:42 AM PDT by PolishProud
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2 posted on 10/10/2006 6:40:25 AM PDT by RockinRight (She rocks my world, and I rock her world.)
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I don't think I've ever seen so much horses**t in one pile as I see in this article!


3 posted on 10/10/2006 6:42:02 AM PDT by NRA1995 (Clinton "tried", 3000 died)
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The professor is just another overpaid BS artist. If he had any guts he'd come in here and say that himself so the rest of us could dump on him directly.

Anyway, he missed the part where Liberals believe in anti-semitism, particularly in cases where a Jew should "jump the reservation". They also favor genocide involving Christians although they do show some reluctance to allow the Sudanese Islamic dominated government to murder Moslem women and children ~ at least not any more than necessary you know.

4 posted on 10/10/2006 6:43:44 AM PDT by muawiyah
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It is liberals who support the right to feel good about themselves by touting platitudes and ignoring their obvious hypocrisies.
5 posted on 10/10/2006 6:44:41 AM PDT by rhombus
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Consider this an invitation. Are these propositions meaningful? Are they helpful? Are they simply wrong? As a liberal, how would you change them or modify the list? As a conservative, how would you draft a similar list for conservatives?

How about we just take apart your list for the hypocrisy and falsehoods it contains?

Geoffrey R. Stone, a law professor at the University of Chicago....

Teaching what kind of law?

6 posted on 10/10/2006 6:47:02 AM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
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Liberals believe individuals should doubt their own truths and consider fairly and open-mindedly the truths of others.

This is a fundamental difference between liberals and conservatives. Liberals actually believe that there are an infinite number of "truths" and they are all equally valid. Conservatives understand that the word "truth" does not allow for interpretation. I'm not talking about religion, specifically. I'm talking about a general, objective interpretation of a fact.

Bill Clinton's "truth" was that he didn't have sex with that woman. Conservatives have a word for that sort of truth. We call it a lie.

7 posted on 10/10/2006 6:48:21 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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To: rhombus

Now THAT is a great tagline!


8 posted on 10/10/2006 6:48:38 AM PDT by yobid
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- How do you define a liberal? How do you define a conservative? E-mail us by 2 p.m. Tuesday at ctc-response@tribune.com with "define" in the subject line. Include your name, hometown and contact information. Responses will be published online and in Wednesday's Voice of the People.


9 posted on 10/10/2006 6:48:45 AM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (In everyday life there is more than meets the eye to reach the depths of truth we must DRAGTHEWATERS)
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I read this drivel on my way to work this morning. I actually had to force myself to finish it. I felt like puking.


10 posted on 10/10/2006 6:50:22 AM PDT by Protagoras (Billy only tried to kill Bin Laden, he actually succeeded with Ron Brown and Vince Foster.)
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I have a feeling this is going to get a lot of replies today. LOL


D-


11 posted on 10/10/2006 6:50:45 AM PDT by D521646
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12 posted on 10/10/2006 6:51:00 AM PDT by radar101 (LIBERALS = Hypocrisy and Fantasy)
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It should read as follows:

1. Liberals are chumps.

2. No other statements necessary.


13 posted on 10/10/2006 6:51:13 AM PDT by seanmerc
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This article is mere elementary school logic. Disappointing.
14 posted on 10/10/2006 6:51:20 AM PDT by rhombus
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Liberals believe in BIG LAW, the mob, machine politics, and patronge.


15 posted on 10/10/2006 6:51:49 AM PDT by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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Marxists Gone Wild!!!!


16 posted on 10/10/2006 6:52:02 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("Freedom by its nature cannot be imposed, it must be chosen")
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Geoffrey R. Stone

17 posted on 10/10/2006 6:52:08 AM PDT by jigsaw (God Bless Our Wonderful Troops!)
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Feeeeeelings, oh oh oh feeeeeelings........


18 posted on 10/10/2006 6:52:32 AM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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1) Being a Liberal means being in a constant state of denial at what being a Liberal means.
19 posted on 10/10/2006 6:53:33 AM PDT by Always Right
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Liberals think that a woman may murder an unborn baby and that someone who was convicted of first-degree murder should go to prison for a few years and get out on parole.


20 posted on 10/10/2006 6:55:05 AM PDT by PhilCollins
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