I'm writing a Book on How to think like a Liberal...have a missed anything?

Question

Chp #1 You believe that business creates oppression and government brings prosperity.
Chp#2 There was NO art before Federal Funding
Chp#3You believe that Global temperatures are less affected by cyclical documented changes in the earths climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV's
Chp#4You believe that gender roles are artifical but being gay is natural
Chp#5 Aides is spead through a lack of Federal Funding
Chp#6 Self-Esteem is more important than actually doing something
Chp#7 The NRA is is bad because it supports parts of the Constitution, 2nd Adm
Chp#8 Taxes are too LOW
Chp#9 You believe Socialism has never worked is because the right people wern't in charge
Chp#10 You are for homosexual parades displaying half dressed drag queens and they should be constitutionally protected and manger scenes at Christmas is an OUTRAGE!
Chp#11 The Clinton's are a normal American Family with values

How do you like my book on how to think like a liberal?

Answer 1

Yes...

12. You have absolutely no tolerance for views other than your own.

13. You believe crackheads, pedophiles, rapists, and murders deserve more compassion than children.

14. You believe we should let the government control EVERY SINGLE aspect of our lives (Hell, why not have uniforms? It's cheaper and more fair for those who can't afford fashion).

15. You have a severe clinical mental disorder.

Answer 2

Interesting. What I've noticed time and time again in extreme conservatives is that they either always want to (or, perhaps more likely, need to) simplify things to a ridiculous degree. It really is embarassing to watch, and doesn't make you seem very intelligent. Once again, it looks like I'll be trying (in vain, most likely) to explain, as a liberal, what most of us are really interested in. Ofcourse, you will no doubt deem it to complex, and will return to the safety of your simplified concrete thinking. I won't address every issue, for fear that this answer would get too long.

1) Business CAN be opressive to it's employess, if their not restricted in certain ways or held to certain standards. This is what happened when we had totally free captialism in the Victorian era and early 1900's- no minimum wage, unsafe working conditions, children in factories, etc. Government has the POTENTIAL to help bring a modecrum of prosperity to people, if funds from taxes are directed in the proper venues. example: I'd rather spend money on helping underprivledged children have health care, and the opportunity to go to college, than, say, spending billions and billions to kill people in the middle east, and NOT catch Osama.

#3) Yes, I do beleive pollution is a problem. That includes from cars, you dumbass. I don't think any credible scientist, or anyone who's attended an 8th grade science class can disagree with that.

#8) I certainly do not believe taxes are too low. I think the war has cost us all a tremendous amount of money. Rather, I think the funds are misdirected

#9) I'm not for socialism. I'm a social democrat, and there's a huge difference.

#10) You're right. I have no issue with a parade, or with drag queens. It doesn't effect me. I only object to manger scenes on public land, because I believe in seperation of church and state, and I think it's unfair to allow certain religious displays on public land, while not allowing religious displays from OTHER religions.

#11) You're right on this one too. I'm not prepaired to demonize the entire Clinton family over an extra-marital affair that happened about a decade ago. I've noticed the conservative, family value loving Christians aren't prepaired to demonize Ted Haggard either.

Answer 3

you left out a few things -
12. Clinton's real estate deals from the 70s are important, but GW's arrests for cocaine, drunk driving, and paying for his girlfriends' abortions during the 70s are nobody's business;
13. Clinton's student deferments while at Oxford were draft dodging, but GW's deserting the ANG during wartime is honorable, and
14. GW spending $500 billion to build hospitals, schools, utilities and homes in Iraq is "spreading freedom", to do so here in the USA would be "socialism".

If you ever graduate from middle school (maybe when you're 25), don't go any further. The world needs septic tank cleaners too, and you're qualified.

Answer 4

No, but business does have a duty to care for its workers. In the '80s, the average CEO made 20 times thier average worker, today, it is 200 times more, do you sense any problem there.
Yes, there was art, but most art programs have been cut to open even more prision, which conservatives love.
The jury is still out on global warming.
Gay is natural, but woman's place barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen is outdated and wrong.
AIDs, is spread through ignorance. Which the federal government helps to promote by refusing to fund any program that speaks of condoms or safe sex. There is absintance or nothing.
You get self esteem from doing something.
The NRA never supports any bills limiting anyone from owning a gun. Felons, mentally challenged, does not matter. Armour piercing bullets, not to kill cops, but the deer wearing bullet proof vests. If they would ever once say this bill should pass, this should be illegal, they would gather better respect.
The very rich, maybe your one, have had thier taxes dropped 12% so far, with more cuts on the way. Meanwhile war costs continue to mulitply, social programs are cut, education is cut, oil is the enemy, Bush even said so, then proceeded to cut funding of research for alternative fuels. Any body else see a problem here.
Socialism will never work, human nature will not let it.
Here your bieng crazy.
Hmmm, lets see, maybe we should be like Gringrich, who told his first wife he wanted a divorce right after she had life threating surgery. He then cheated on wife number two, with wife number three. Or, maybe like Rush, who said illegal drug dealers should go to prison for life, unless your a republican of course. Rush, married three times. The list of republicans who are divorced, or have cheated on their wives is as long or longer then the democrats. The Clinton's, for whatever reason, deal with thier issues and try to make their marriage work, republicans say we must have strong moral values, then go home and say I want a divorce.
Liberal thinking means you keep your mind open to new ideas, new scientific thought, fairness to others, I hope to hell I keep thinking like a liberal. Maybe you should try it sometime.

Answer 5

On your first point, I believe that businesses create opportunity and government brings oppression.

Isn't that the opposite of liberal thinking? Does that make me a conservative?

Answer 6

Some of your chapters are unfair. Socialism, taxes, and...hatred of Christianity? Most liberals are Christian you deluded bigot. "Socialism", in its essence is never the liberal goal, and taxes only need to be raised when very appropiate. Hatred of the 2nd Amendment? We believe better gun control is necessary to keep guns out of the hands of felons.
BUSH is the one against the 4th Amendment because it conflicted with his wire-tapping and his Patriot Act.
Also, most presidents have had scandals. The Bush administration has WAY more scandals. At least Clinton lead us through a time of nationwide prosperity.
Grow up and educate yourself. You'll be a better person.

Answer 7

Liberals don't think,they feel.Anywho
Chp#12 Animals should always stand in the way of progress.

Answer 8

You forgot one - we are all anti-establishment and feel that the Man is keeping us down. Also, we love everyone and will bend over backwards to help out where ever we are needed. I don't think taxes are too low - I resent having to pay them to the federal government, which is a big pig-sucking machine that takes my money and gives me nothing in return.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Well, the spelling, sentence structure and grammar could be a little better.

The content is fairly good fiction

But, it won't sell......