why is it that liberals just don't get it?

Question

why is it that liberals and people of that ilk just dont understand that some times you half to stop talking and kick a little a**

Answer 1

I think your first answer defines the liberal mindset perfectly.
Maybe they forget the lesson of what happened after Chamberlain went to Munich.

Answer 2

Would you think yourself ill-used if someone who objected to your use of the phrase 'liberals and people of that ilk' kicked your butt? As a liberal, I would, in a heartbeat, kick your fanny for the profound blindness your question declares. Clearly, you need to have your attention drawn to the possibility that 'liberals' can be as bloodthirsty as you are. And you could have no objection to the action: after all, sometimes you have to stop talking, etc.

Soften the approach, friend. Liberal thinkers are not necessarily opposed to good ideas proposed by conservative thinkers--et vice versa.

I suppose that the idea you think poorly understood by liberals is Mr. Bush's expedition in Iraq. I am a liberal thinker, and I favored unilateral military action against Saddam Hussein's government. At the time, I believed that an expedition to topple that regime, however ugly 'invasion of a sovereign land' might seem on the international radar, was warranted--simply because S. H. was clearly a Stalin/Hitler-wannabe. I still think that true, and I do not decry the initial invasion as wrong, despite that it was 'justified' with lies; I do not object to a judicious lie now and then (although I prefer a judicious benign lie that is not born of contempt for the People, which I detect in Mr. Bush).

However, the prolonged (and almost certainly futile) exercise at 'building democracy in Iraq' is fundamental error; the commitment of U. S. armed force to a political sideshow is strategically questionable; the lack of a coherent U. S. foreign policy is thrown into high relief by this episode; etc.

The analysis of the war in Iraq by intellectually honest liberals or conservatives should lead to much the same conclusion: the Iraq adventure is strategically risky, and offers few possible gains to balance that risk. It may be prudent to abandon the project; I think it worth honest study to determine the value of the project. Don't you?

"Stay the course" isn't analysis, nor is it the only option. It might be right--but I suspect that a better option can be found. Hell, I could find one by crapping in the snow and reading that plan.

Answer 3

Not all liberals think that way.I am very left wing and you'd probably consider me loony left if you knew my position on a lot of the issues but I understand sometimes it's time to kick a** as you put it.
I'm pretty sure we disagree when such action should be taken.For me the invasion of Iraq for instance was a big mistake and not necessary.
I also feel it undermines the power of our respected Allie;the USA in dealing whit real threats as North Korea and Iran.
If you mean pacifists,well they genuinely believe in non violence whatsoever out of the naive idea that every country will be just as nice.
Pacifism is like burglary protection by leaving all doors unlocked and leaving a message on your window or door we're not at home.It's just absurd.
Violence is sometimes necessary and even essential in the interest of good.
You can regret it,and I do,but to deny it is just plain nutty.

Answer 4

For starters they just don't get the line of Government BS and spin that most of you are swallowing hook, line and sinker. Second if all, when the talking stops,, our Administration's lack of diplomacy and macho posturing, fueled by corporate greed is driving us to a possible 3rd world war.
Now you and your ilk can yell 'bring'em on' as much as you want, but remember this time you may bring it too far! Right home to our own innocent civilians!

Answer 5

Because unlike many who oppose civil liberties (that being the definition of a non-liberal), liberals think that dialog and discussion are good.

They generally prefer to understand the problem, and find an actual solution to it, rather than just going in guns a-blazing.

Kicking azz is fine, if it's done intelligently and with an achievable purpose. But an haphazard poorly-planned military action that kills thousands of troops and tens of thousands of civilians, without any end in sight is neither intelligent nor rational.

I would rather see our efforts, and our troops lives, be committed to something that will do our country good in the long term, rather than trying to change thousands of years of political culture in a country that can't even feed itself.

Answer 6

Liberals have taken the time to STOP and take a long hard look at the toll that violence, war, "carrying the biggest stick",and hatred have gotten us as people of the World. Innocent lives lost, children killed, greed, hatred for hatred's sake,genocide, all have been done in the name of being "right." What is right for one person may not be right for others - what is right for one nation may not be right for ALL nations.
Liberals have looked at "getting along", love, ending injustice through peaceful means, arbitration, mediation, and co-operation and decided that these are far better tools than annihilation, killing, bloodshed, violence, maiming and war.

Answer 7

A person with a liberal point of view would rather find a peacefull way than to start a killing of innocents.
A person with a Liberal view is more inclined to ask why than to blindly and unkowingly follow a madman into the dismantling of all civil and human rights that US Citizens are granted in the Constition.

Answer 8

Because Liberals tend to transcend instinct. They also understand that while some a** kicking proponents are having it good on their yatchs, golf courses, private jets with all their family members and friends, other people's sons and daughters are dying kicking some a** for them. Isn't it the conservatives who pretend not to get it?

Answer 9

I don't like the tone of your question and have decided to just forgive you for the mocking and mean treatment of Vietnam Vets. I lived for three years in a bamboo cage on my knees. I was eventually released by a sweep that was done by the military. I am now permanently disabled and I used to be fabuloous ball room dancer. Ahh those days are all over. Remember to be kind and friendly to everyone online for you do not know who has served and been beaten by the Viet Cong while living as a prisoner. Thanks

Answer 10

Why is it that conservatives just don't get it that violence isn't the only answer? I agree that sometimes it's the only option when there's a genuine threat, as in World War I and World War II, but so far Bush hasn't given us one compelling reason for invading Iraq (even though he's changed his story several times).

Answer 11

You are so clueless. I really don't even know where to begin. A little *** kicking (I assume you mean starting wars) has probably killed billions of people over the years for what? Some land, some oil, some money, some ridiculous disagreement over religion? That *** kicking you and your neo-cons love giving out will come back and bite us all in the *** one day. we will be our own exterminators...