"Don't worry, we will take care of you."
Right!
2007-01-28 22:50:36 · 6 answers · asked by American Bad Ass 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I am not really sure that it is a paternalistic attitude. They are simply catering to every specific minority in order to get their party elected. Once they are in office they forget all about any promises they made or at best put a half hearted effort at doing what they promised to do. Democrats are liberal, biased and only out for themselves. How many of them have ever been poor and had to struggle to survive. They play off of peoples problems claimig they understand how it is when all they truly care about is lining their pockets. When do you see them on the streets in the worst neighborhoods struggling to survive or to even see how the people there live. Do you see any of them giving up their fortunes to help those in need? Ask all of them to provide a detailed reporting of their charitable giving. No they don't have a maternalistic or paternalistic attitude towards anyone. They simply care about themselves.. Its called selfishishness. Their only God is themself.
2007-01-28 23:00:59 · answer #1 · answered by Steve O 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I wouldn't call it paternalistic. I think they make a lot of promises they don't keep to them. Of course all politicians do that to all groups. It's all about the votes. One group doesn't care anymore or less about them than the other.
It is interesting, that the democratic base used to be in the south during the oppression of the blacks. Maybe they are trying to make up for decades of abuse that they put them through.
2007-01-28 23:25:38 · answer #2 · answered by snowball45830 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paternalistic is perhaps the wrong word. Compassionate is what you were looking for I think. This is the word that Republicans usurped from the Democratic vocabulary in order to soften their image and elicit votes in 2000. Remember "Compassionate Conservatism"? An oxymoron if there ever was one!
2007-01-28 23:23:30 · answer #3 · answered by emiliosailez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most openhanded people in the United State of Americans are "REAL" Christian Americans = Real Conservatives!!!
The KKK, Racist, and Greedy Idiots are just using the term Conservative to hide their agendas = Fox News and GOP
Liberals might be beating the peace and love drums but they won't take a hungry Mexican home and feed him.
2007-01-28 23:06:58 · answer #4 · answered by Taco 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My best guess would be that the liberals are trying to protect them from the hateful conservatives.
2007-01-28 23:07:48 · answer #5 · answered by industrialconfusion 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You're not from around here, are you. Trolls know no nationality.
2007-01-28 22:57:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋