Posted on 06/25/2002 12:42:28 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Great reference list, also!
Originally the word liberal meant social conservatives who advocated growth and progress---mostly technological(knowledge being absolute/unchanging)based on law--reality...the nature of man/govt. does not change. These were the Classical liberals---founding fathers-principles...stable/sane scientific reality/society---industrial progress...moral character--development--REFORM!
Then came the post-modern age of switch-flip-spin--mutants--DEFORMITY...Atheist secular materialists(taliban) through evolution removed the foundations...made the absolutes relative and calling all technology/science === evolution to substantiate/justify their efforts--claims...social engineering--PC!
Liberals/Evolution BELIEVE they are the conservatives--guardians--elites too!
Hypnotism--witchcraft(reno-hillary) ideology--politics--religion--BRAINWASHING--superstition--BIAS---EVOLUTION--SATANISM!
And those are only the good things I can think about a leftist.
I like Thomas Sowell's theory (or maybe it's more of an explanation than a theory -- he lays it out in his book, The Quest for Cosmic Justice, which is a great read) which is that for the left, it all boils down to Cosmic Justice. They want a government with a conscience, with a willingness and ability to correct the universe's cosmic unfairness. Of course, this requires the government to be very powerful, but -- and here's where Sowell is really insightful -- it also requires that the government abandon traditional justice, since traditional justice does not necessarily lead to cosmic justice and in fact frequently acts as an obstacle to the administration of cosmic justice.
An example...
It is cosmically unjust for one person to be born into wealth while another is born into poverty. The Left wants a government that will right this wrong by taking money from the first person and giving it to the second. In so doing, the government will have meted out cosmic justice, but it will have violated the principle that a person should not be robbed of their wealth -- a part of traditional justice.
Another...
The existence of inequality between the races is cosmically unjust. Leftists desire a government that is empowered and willing to rectify this inequality through such actions as the enforcement of race-based quotas. In so doing, the government has meted out cosmic justice, but it has violated the principle that people should not be treated differently because of their skin color, which is part of traditional justice.
And so on.
The irony is that all this meting out of cosmic justice never really solves problems and usually just creates more suffering. Ultimately, it is voluntary cooperation between people (along with love and forgiveness and bravery and integrity and stuff like that) that solves humanity's "cosmic" problems, not governments with God-like power to force cosmic justice onto people.
I guess Sowell's angle is really a spin on the means versus ends thing, which is nothing particularly new, but his "cosmic justice" packaging is pretty neat.
"By all means,please,let me help you understand", he replies.
ALL TIME CHILLING QUOTE OF THE DAY :
"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism,
but under the name of Liberalism
they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist Program
until one day America will be a Socialist Nation
without ever knowing how it happened----"
Now, who said that,publicly?Why none other than
Norman Thomas, six-time Socialist Party presidential candidate
and one of the founders of the ACLU.
They have no problem telling YOU what their angle is.That's having brass ones.The reply should be 'What am I going to do to stop it in my own way'?It is mine.I hope this helps you to understand the "Leftist Democratic Party".
"Liberal is easy because 'caring about a problem' is easier than solving the problem."
"A Liberal doesn't really care what you do – as LONG AS ITS MANDATORY – and they get to set the rules".
" Being a Liberal is easy,because you are covered with true no fault insurance with no premiums -- whatever happens is never your fault."
"Liberal is easy because the government can think for me so I don't have to get a headache."
And Finally:"Being a Liberal is easy because wanting to appear compassionate and likeable is easier than defending moral absolutes and taking a stand."
I hope these help you in your quest for understanding.
GREAT post!
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