if you give facts to liberals that contrdict the liberal point of veiw why do they start name calling (youre a bigot or racist) when the facts prove to be true? why cant a liberal handle the truth? it was once told a story about a man who went to africa on a safari. he said there was a place that you could put in a quater in a machine and get a hand full of food that you can give to the baboons that hung around there. the problem was that the baboons stopped going back into the wild to find their own food and just stayed there for the free hand out. on top of that the baboons were having babbies that never learned how to go out into the wild and find their own food. it was generation after generation that now had no idea how to survive on their own. now if i compare this to welfare that now makes me a racist in the eyes of liberals. why? is it not true if you give a man a fish you feed him for a day but teach him to fish you feed him for a life time?
2007-01-18 15:44:22 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
damn answer the ? is it not true if you teach a man to fish you feed him for a life time? whats wrong withyou people? if it makes sence then its hard to accept
2007-01-18 16:16:40 · update #1
ok mabey the story isnt facts but its true
2007-01-18 16:24:09 · update #2
From your question, you appear to be fond of inventing facts.
2007-01-18 15:47:07 · answer #1 · answered by Shane 5 · 15⤊ 11⤋
If you can't come up with viable solutions to the problems, than you are just expressing a very narrow minded view. That is the problem that many Conservatives seem not to understand. Stop feeding them, stop giving them affordable heath care, stop giving money for education, stop, stop, stop...
Your views are considered racist, because of your choice of analogies. A baboon..., Africa?! Com'n, Dude, you could've came up with something better.
Most people on welfare in this country are Caucasian, the numbers prove this. Percentage-wise not, but the vast majority are White. What do you say to these people? Do you help out at a Soup Kitchen? Do you give of you time to tutor one of them, so they can get a better education, and stop the cycle?
Stop trying to make this into a race thing. It's an American problem. Don't be part of the problem, become part of the solution...
2007-01-19 00:00:18 · answer #2 · answered by Ricardo C 4 · 7⤊ 4⤋
As with an earlier-posted answer I wish to start by saying that I am a Canadian citizen so, my point of view may be taken with a grain of salt. :)
Your questions and the resulting answers indicate to me the root of the problems between left-right wings, and perhaps, other forms of civil unrest.
Please allow me to be somewhat self-indulgent for a moment - I suffer from depression, and in therapy sesions, I have learned some keys to communication, assertiveness, and conflict management. The big key is to listen - to allow other points of view to be expressed regardless of whether you agree with them or not - without discourse and discussion, there can be no progress.
That being said, why all the finger pointing? "You liberals suck" is just as close-minded as calling somone a "right-wing bigot" and makes we adults discussing this issue sound like kids out for kindergarten recess (I am including myself in that since I am painting us all with the same brush).
Now, I am about to say something that I am sure will infuriate some and I apologize - but ultra right-wing ideas about "let the strong survive and acheive" was used by some German dude back in the 1930's. I think his name was Hitler or something.
Equally too, Ultra-left wing ideas like "everyone shares and anyone who disagrees and wants more will be shot" was used by that Soviet dude and his cronies. I have hope that there are no more Stalins or Hitlers out there (sadly proven wrong in Rwanda, Sudan, Cambodia, Uganda, Afghanistan, etc.) and I also believe that no one is as ultra-hardcore in their beliefs as either of those two idiots.
So, everyone - left-wingers, right-wingers, fence-sitters, Canadian blowhards, and others - take a pill, listen to one another and learn. It is how we all progress.
2007-01-19 01:03:58 · answer #3 · answered by David K (The Real One!) 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Good question & many of the answers prove your contention. Many liberals start with a world view & reject any facts that do not support that worldview. Then they accuse conservatives of being rigid. To top it off, they fail to see the irony in this.
In order to get & hold power, they need a lot of people in "captivity" like the animals you describe. I don't know what the fact that you chose primates has to do with racism.
2007-01-19 00:40:55 · answer #4 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
why do Republicans say they talk about facts... but only tell stories?
you don't cite any facts or research in anything you say... you just tell a nice little story...
a story is different from fact... maybe that's the problem here... Republicans don't grasp this simple fact...
and when did Republicans teach anyone to do anything?
Republicans always talk about the "teach a man to fish"... and then cut funding to education?
apparently "teaching" someone is saying "go **** yourself"... because that's all I EVER see them do for the poor? I don't think I've EVER heard a Republican promote an education program (to teach them) to pull those in poverty out of poverty?
I don't think you're racist... I just think you only care about yourself and hide behind stories and sayings (that you don't even really pay attention to) to justify it...
2007-01-19 00:20:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
Some people have trouble making it in the dog eat dog, selfish capitalist world, because they don't have it in them to play the back stabbing, coercive, exploitative game that many of the richest elitists play!!!
Some people can't make it because they have passive personalities!!!
Some people can't make it because they didn't have the money or the opportunity to get a really good education!!!
There are countless reasons why a given person is not able to make it!!
But, you can not generalize, and anyone who believes that there is equal opportunity is sadly misinformed!!!!
That attitude that so many of you have...that if someone can't make it in this country it is their own fault...makes me want to puke!!!!
You see a person who appears not be be even trying, and you fail to take into account, that maybe that person did try and try and try for a long time, and got no where, and finally got tired and gave up!!! Some people just aren't cut out for the rat race!!!
You people who think that everyone is the same, and have the same opportunities, make me sick!!! This attitude is just an excuse for your cold hearted, selfishness!!!
2007-01-19 00:15:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 5⤋
The reason liberals get upset when you present a fact is because you are always WRONG.
As Colbert said to Bush at the Press Club Dinner "Reality has a liberal bias." And I've never found it to be everything but true.
And I don't understand why you're so upset about welfare. You don't earn enough to pay a significant amount in taxes anyway.
2007-01-19 00:13:53 · answer #7 · answered by bettysdad 5 · 4⤊ 5⤋
The so called welfare for the "poor" as been trimmed way down, in recent history. These are NOT that the welfare cases in the U.S. that are hurting us. Yes I think that they should get some assistance in hard times get them to tech. school and get the making an honest living as soon as possible. The Welfare program that is raping this country is the corporate welfare programs for "Big Business,Big Oil, Big drug, Halliburton. These corporate welfare program for the rich are what is draining our federal purse. I just can't figure out the conservative though process, We can't help out the poor, but will bend over backwards to help the rich, for what? They are the ones with all the money. It's time to get a clue !!!!!!
Conservatives are worried about picking pennies up off the ground and while the are bending over Big Business comes up behind them and steal their wallet full of hundreds of dollars bills, but they are happy, because they found a couple of pennies, WAKE UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-18 23:55:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 6⤋
You're right, mostly. You forget that welfare is usually accompanied by mandatory stuff like community service or some sort of work program. The system has several serious flaws that need fixing, but it's purpose is to help get people back on their feet and get off welfare. I don't know why the liberals are being mean to you about it; are you doing the same to them-ignoring information?
2007-01-18 23:50:16 · answer #9 · answered by Amy 4 · 11⤊ 5⤋
Why that's just amazing I notice that all the time except its the other way around,& while were generalizing believe it or not .Im not on welfare ,Im not poor ,Im not clinically diagnost ,Im not on drugs,I am a white male,I do work ,I do pay taxes ,& I am a proud Liberal.So put that in your pipe & smoke it.
2007-01-18 23:59:27 · answer #10 · answered by bradship4u 3 · 7⤊ 4⤋
AMEN. You just have to laugh at these answers. It proves your point. TOO much critical thinking for them.
2007-01-19 00:16:20 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋