CONSERVATIVES & LIBERALS

On this blog I will be commenting predominantly on political issues. The political structure of this country has digressed into a simple two party system. But I don’t really want to talk about democrats and republicans. Political parties are subject to the caprice of their leadership. While the democratic party is nearly monolithic in it’s liberalism, just ask Zell Miller or Joe Lieberman, the republican party is all over the place. A conservative trying to maintain relevance will, by necessity, vote republican but not all republicans are conservative. Therefore, I will comment on issues with a focus on the liberal and conservative philosophies.

So you know where I’m coming from, I need to define liberal and conservative, politically speaking, as I see them. Because I am a conservative, I have no problem with profiling and I embrace my stereotypes. I do this because it almost always works! So, I’m going to demonstrate the differences in these competing philosophies by categorizing groups, based on occupation, as liberal or conservative.

LIBERALS

First a primer. Get to know a liberal well enough and you will see that, almost without fail, they possess one or more of the following characteristics:

IGNORANCE
Not to be confused with stupid. Ignorance is simply a lack of knowledge or comprehension of something. Considering the state of public education in this country, it’s no surprise that ignorance has reached epidemic proportions. As an example, many liberals have no understanding of what our rights entail. They deny obvious, well documented rights while just making others up out of thin air. They claim that “quality health care” is a basic American right. No, it’s not. It is a service that requires compensation to the provider. And it is really, really complicated so it doesn’t come cheap. Some say “affordable housing” is a right. Again, no, it’s not. If you can’t afford the house you want, buy a smaller one or rent. Many liberals do not comprehend the nature of our rights. Simply put, if it requires someone else to do something, it’s not a right. We DO have the right to keep and bear arms. That doesn’t mean you have to buy me a gun. We also have the right of free speech. That doesn’t mean that people are required to listen to you. Just ask Air America!

BITTERNESS
Boy, and how! Other than hippies and stoners, how many happy liberals do you know? They always seem to be bent about something. I think this bitterness stems from one of two things. Either these people are blaming others for their failures or, deep down, they are afraid that so much of what they believe in is, in fact, wrong. Have you ever met a happy, go lucky atheist? That’s what I’m talking about.



ANTI-AMERICAN
I don’t say this lightly but it’s the truth. A great many liberals seem to really hate this country. How else to explain some of the things they say or do? Different liberals hate different aspects of America. Some hate our free market, capitalistic economy. They point to the vast disparities in income and claim injustice and greed. They ignore the fact that we have redefined poverty in this country to the point where the poorest among us live in better conditions than the vast majority of the worlds’ population. Many even hate some of our basic freedoms. They support “hate crime” and “hate speech” laws. They promote “speech codes” on college campuses and support chilling legislation such as the “Fairness Doctrine”. It appears they believe that “all animals are equal but some are more equal than others”. And, most surprising of all, many actually hate the fact that we have the greatest military in the world! They think we are imperialist dogs, hell bent on world domination rather than appreciating the true nature of the threats we face. They impune our troops, questioning their intelligence and character. The irony of this lunacy is that these brave men and women protect those pompous asses every day!

SELFISHNESS
These people are generally well informed and know what’s going on. They just care more about themselves than anyone else. They know that many of the policies and laws they advocate are not beneficial to the general welfare but they do benefit their own narrow self interest. This explains why many of these types are also bitter. In espousing policies that benefit themselves, they couch their arguments in terms of benefits to others.
Necessarily, these people are habitual liers.

MEGALOMANIA
While I believe an inordinate percentage of liberals possess this characteristic, the good news is that few have the ability to bullshit their way to real power. The bad news is that it only takes one to really screw things up. Now, some may argue that all world leaders are megalomaniacs. The history of this great country proves otherwise. It is my belief that megalomania is a characteristic unique to the liberal condition. It takes a freakishly high level of hubris for one person to believe that they can direct the means of production, determine appropriate profit margins, disseminate a “fair wage” and insure “economic justice” and do it better than the free market, which encompasses the accumulated knowledge of all involved. No conservative would ever presume such omnipotence.
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