[MrB]

Curious - were you a “liberal” because you thought the intentions of the ideology were basically good?

[syriacus]

were you a “liberal” because you thought the intentions of the ideology were basically good?

Yes. I was a blind adherent.

I grew up in a family that had been Democratic (in the Chicago area) for generations.

I helped my older brother pass out campaign literature for Eugene McCarthy.

I opposed the war in VietNam because our soldiers were getting killed.

I actually voted twice for Carter.

I voted "socialist worker" when I could, because I thought I was helping poor people.

I had always thought abortion was wrong, but bought my party's argument that it was wrong to push my morals on others.

I thought Democrats (and Liberals) "cared more" about people. I didn't harbor any dislike for Republicans, but figured Liberals were morally superior.

Then my "kind hearted" Liberals savaged Clarence Thomas. I watched as much of the hearing as I could. I was jolted awake when I saw the nastiness and noticed the the skewed media commentary.

I asked myself, "Why do Liberals need to control the news so much if the truth is on their side?"

A party that needs so many MSM lies, in order to prolong its existence, is not worthy of support.