I really think it must have been sometime in its history. Maybe it was fun to be a hippie.
It seems lately the left is preachy, self-righteous, and sour. What happened?
2006-12-11 13:24:09 · 13 answers · asked by WJ 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Really! It used to look so fun! I never knew they could be more judgmental than my Sunday School teacher, but they are.
2006-12-11 13:26:35 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 4⤊ 7⤋
Preachy, self-righteous and sour? You listened to the religoious right lately? Or Rush Limbaugh attacking Michael J. Fox or the bipartisan Iraq Study Group?
People on either side who are pushing a political belief tend to come across as preachy -- people who don;t care much about things other than enjoying themselves come across as fun, but tend to be awfully selfish. People of any politics can end up preachy, but also people of any politics can end up with a decent mix of fun and concern in their lives.
2006-12-11 13:37:35 · answer #2 · answered by C_Bar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
don't be too simplistic. a million. Liberalism is incredibly distinctive from socialism/statism. Liberalism needs minimum state intervention, while statism needs optimal state intervention. the u . s . is in line with liberal principals (examine the story of the form and of the founding fathers). 2. the u . s . is the worlds maximum excellent debtor, and went from the worlds best creditor to the biggest debtor during the presidency of Ronald Reagan (Republican), in part because of the fact of severe defence spending, eg his six hundred deliver army. severe militia spending replaced into between the flaws that ruined the Soviet Union too. 3. the growth economies immediately are in South East Asia eg China, and that they are greater statist than Europe or the u . s ..
2016-10-05 04:59:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't tell you. I gave up on liberals when they began spitting on returning Viet Nam Vets. I'm very lucky in that it didn't happen to me when I came back, or I should say someone was very lucky because I wasn't the calm peacible guy that I am now when I got back.
2006-12-11 13:29:39 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I dont know. If it was the 60s I mighta been a lib for a while, just cause they weren't preachy, just funny. Nowdays they're all "fur is muder" and cindy sheehan types, kinda seems like the left is nutty...
2006-12-11 13:30:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
You obviously understand nothing about liberalism. I hope that didn't sound too preachy, self-righteous, or sour.
2006-12-11 13:27:00 · answer #6 · answered by ROBERT L O 4 · 6⤊ 6⤋
Way back when Hubert Humphry was running. He was known as the Happy Warrior.
2006-12-11 13:32:13 · answer #7 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Watching the Midterm Elections was GREAT fun.
2006-12-11 13:28:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
Back in the '60s and '70s, they might of been, but lately,
they have been brainwashed by all of these communist
organizations that have been coming out of the wood work.
2006-12-11 13:31:24 · answer #9 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 2⤊ 5⤋
Bush and his neocon henchmen have sucked all the fun,integrity,honor, and true patriotism straight out of this country.
2006-12-11 13:28:48 · answer #10 · answered by dstr 6 · 4⤊ 5⤋