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Why I am not a liberal: Joseph Farah excoriates socialism, legalized theft of the left
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Thursday, June 20, 2002 | Joseph Farah

Posted on 06/19/2002 10:52:56 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

When you write a treatise titled, "Why I am not a conservative," and follow it up with one titled, "Why I am not a libertarian," you are, according to popular demand, obligated to publish a third discourse titled, "Why I am not a liberal."

This may prove to be the toughest challenge of all. For me, it is like explaining why I am not a communist, or why I am not a Nazi. Where does one begin? I've never been mistaken for a liberal.

Let's start here: Liberalism, as we know it in the United States in 2002, is an evil ideology inflicting massive suffering, misery, injustice, oppression and death wherever it gains power and influence.

You will notice I never use "liberal" or "liberalism" as an epithet. I rarely use the term at all, because I believe it is a misnomer and a label that is widely misunderstood. But, for the purposes of this column – and this column alone – I am going to critique liberalism just as I critiqued conservatism and libertarianism.

Liberalism is the dominant ideology in Washington, D.C., today – no matter which political party runs the White House or Congress. Liberalism controls the Republican Party only to a slightly lesser degree than it controls the Democrats.

Liberalism proffers that it is a good idea to forcibly take the wealth and property rightfully and legally acquired by one party and redistribute it to others. Of course, liberals always take a sizable cut of the transaction for themselves – sometime as much as 80 percent.

My friend Walter Williams accurately describes this process as "legalized theft." There is no better way to explain it. Legalized theft is the central creed of liberalism. Liberalism is not possible without it. All manner of justifications and rationalizations are made for this process – the greater good, helping the poor, leveling the playing field. No matter what you call it, theft is theft.

But theft is only the beginning of the evil liberals spread.

Liberalism also kills.

It kills in a thousand different ways. Let me give you a few:

Liberalism is less an ideology than utopian wishful thinking. It cares not about the actual results of its policies, only about doing something. The "something" that it does always empowers government at the expense of people.

Liberalism, as we know it today, is simply a new name for an old-fashioned idea formerly known as socialism. It stands on its head the basic concept of liberty as the Founding Fathers thought of it. Liberals think the government that governs most, governs best.

The sheer volume of laws it passes is staggering. No one has the time to read them, let alone live by them. Yet, each new law is another nail in the coffin of a free society.

Liberalism believes government is the best vehicle for solving problems – not the worst, not the course of last resort.

Government is the god of liberalism. And that's why I am in no danger of being mistaken for one. My god is God.


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To: Texasforever
He's an empty vessel, content free.
21 posted on 06/20/2002 1:11:04 AM PDT by Roscoe
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To: Roscoe
Joe Farah is a Yankee Doodle Dandy. The ones our Forefathers were like before the cursed "isms" came around. Heck what with the Republicans pushing a prescription drug benefit for the geezers with our tax money, I can't call myself a conservative either. I do believe in restoring American greatness, traditional values, the rule of law, private property, and professing reverence for God. Farah is right; most of us don't belong to ANY of today's three categories. Now if he knows WHO is he is, I'll second a move to have FR cease to be conservative and become whatever. Somehow I like the sound of it. I want America to be like it used to be.
22 posted on 06/20/2002 1:23:59 AM PDT by goldstategop
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To: goldstategop
Joe Farah is a Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Uh huh.

23 posted on 06/20/2002 1:39:08 AM PDT by Roscoe
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To: cubfan
Mexicoforver's point is that thing between his ears. He doesn't have any other point. He also doesn't read the articles he posts his little blurbs at, either.
24 posted on 06/20/2002 5:39:39 AM PDT by Twodees
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To: JohnHuang2; All
I just have to say this is about the funniest thread I've lurked on in a long time. Thanks for the good laugh everyone.
25 posted on 06/20/2002 7:15:00 PM PDT by inquest
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To: JohnHuang2; *Death Cultivation; JMJ333; fortress; 2sheep; Korth; The Giant Apricots; ...

Farah speculates that these utopians care not about their policies. This demonstrates a logical disconnect by Farah and others. As the evidence at *Death Cultivation mounts, how can anyone not make the connection between those policies and the constant reference to too many people in one place or the other, indeed on the entire planet? As the sophisticates of Weimar Germany didn't take seriously the intentions explicitly laid out by Hitler in Mein Kampf, too many of us are not taking the enviro-wacko call for drastic human population reduction as not fair warning.

While the "liberals" Farah upbraids may take no note of the consequences of their policies, the same cannot be said about our megalomaniacal elitists who see gains flowing from the blindness of these useful idiots.

Even here at FR, where there are significantly more morally aware thinkers, there are not an insignificant number who read the enviro-wacko ideas and say "ya know, Av, they do have a point."

Well, if they have a point, why don't more of you fellow travelers tell us what it is you like?

26 posted on 06/28/2002 9:03:50 PM PDT by Avoiding_Sulla
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