They elect politicans that start wars, they elect politicians that lie, they elect politicians that will not give poor people health care, they elect politicians that let out jobs be shipped over seas. The only conclusion that can be drawn from this is they hate people and want to see them suffer.
2007-11-11 07:43:03 · 35 answers · asked by politicallypuzzeled 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
In my wildest imagination, I cannot see how people can give answers that I'm "stereotyping" OR "I can't put the blame on a group of people" when 1/3 of the answers in here blame DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS for the ills of the USA. IS THAT NOT STEREOTYPING AND BLAMING A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE?
2007-11-11 14:31:44 · update #1
You are indeed stereotyping, wildly.
What mindless, hateful question.
2007-11-12 06:17:03 · answer #1 · answered by wenteast 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think a better question is why do you hate Christians so much? Were you spanked by nuns as a child?
Christians aren't all alike. Most of them are good decent people who care about their neighbors and the poor. But like most people, they see things changing in ways they don't understand, often for the worse, and when some politician or preacher tells them "It's the gays," or "it's the brown people," or "it's the Democrats," some of them are willing to accept a simple answer. Real life and real social problems are complicated and hard to fix. Democrats have another year of telling everyone "it's the Republicans," before it becomes their government and their problems to fix. What will we do when we have to stop blaming people and actually fix the problems?
2007-11-11 07:49:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
Once we begin seeing our political oponents as evil rather than trying to see things from their perspective, we close our minds to the possibility that we might be wrong and start down a path of an evil of arrogant elitism. People from all ideologies do this, but there are just as many people who disagree with their political oponents while at the same time making efforts to understand why their oponents think the way they do.
There are politicians from both major American parties that start wars and tell lies. And there are basic philosophical differences between Democrats and Republicans on who is responsible for paying someone's healthcare costs. Democrats tend to see healthcare as a right and therefore confiscation of money from those who make more money to pay for the healthcare of those who do not make as much is deemed to be appropriate. Republicans, however, tend to see paying for one's healthcare as a personal responsibility and think the less government interference in the system, the better job the healthcare system does in providing the care. Neither point of view is evil or hateful. They're just different, and you're free to make up your own mind on which is more right.
Similarly protectionism is a philosophy in which some feel that we should somehow prevent U.S. companies from doing business with oversees firms. Others see this as harmful to the economy and our relationships with other countries. Interestingly these political positions flip flop between the two parties. Sometimes the Democrats are more protectionist as they have tended to be for the last 7 years. Other times the Republicans are more protectionist.
Rather than categorizing a political oponent as hateful or evil, it is better to understand why they think as they do. Only then can you be open-minded enough to consider the debate on its merits rather than on political loyalties.
2007-11-11 08:01:22 · answer #3 · answered by Corey E 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The present Bushleague got elected by convincing the less educated, homophobics, antiabortionists, that they were more likely to stop abortion on demand, kill the gays, and protect them than were the Democrats.
All the other issues that were much more important such as global warming, ending a war with no end, etc., were issues that their voting block were incapable of understanding. Hating gays was easy. Ending the war and making tough decisions on the environment were just above their comprehension.
Wanted to add one other thing. The Retalibans have come up
with their plan to get the evangelicals to vote for them again. Remember they have to keep it simple. They have decided that the new battle cry will be "Cultural War". Meaning that the Islamoterrorists are the biggest threat that this nation has ever faced. Yep, you can check it out. All the Retaliban candidates are saying just that. So if you vote for a democrat instead of Retaliban, you doomed this country to destruction by the Islamoterrorists. I did not make this up.
2007-11-11 07:54:41 · answer #4 · answered by Charley Horse 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I can understand the anger you have towards the problems within our economical society, believe me we all are effected by it, but to single out Christians is stereotypical and narrow minded, wake bro, you cant label and put the blame on a certain group of people.
2007-11-11 07:54:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
I am agnostic. My perspective of the 'religious'(not just evangelical) is from the outside looking in and I am amazed at how these folks run their lives in public and when they think no one is paying attention. People do watch you.
It makes me wonder why they even bother with religion because of the hateful way they treat other people. Why take the day off from being hateful or dishonest on Sunday?
Granted, their pastor, preacher, father, reverend, etc may remind them to be god fearing and or christian on a couple Sundays a year, just to pull back the reigns and drum up money for the collection plate.
I have never seen guilt used in such creative ways than I have in a church.
It is entertaining from where I am standing, but painful to see how hateful and demeaning the 'religious' are to their fellow human being.
2007-11-11 08:00:16 · answer #6 · answered by quisp007 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Clinton shipped jobs overseas, Evangelical Christians have hundreds of missionaries who go to other countries and help out the poor, as do many other Christian churches. What do you do personally to help anyone?
2007-11-11 08:27:43 · answer #7 · answered by lillybreeze 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they hate people, I just think they hate the liberals that don't take responsibility for their own actions and blame it on someone else. All politicians lie--no escaping this.
2007-11-11 07:57:46 · answer #8 · answered by mickey 4 · 6⤊ 1⤋
I don't know. Why are women such horrible drivers?
Oh! Sorry... I was kinda stereotyping there, wasn't I? Oops!
Maybe I should try to be more open minded... Hm... what an idea.
2007-11-11 10:10:48 · answer #9 · answered by Chrissy 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm glad to see the liberal expressions of love and inclusion regardless of religious differences by the answers on here. Inclusion for all is a liberal philosophy, yes?
2007-11-11 08:08:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
not sure if you have greater understanding of government policies, but know this, any change in policies Bush makes, it would take a decade to see any major effects positive or negative. lets start helping poor with you. so go out and donate your salary to poor and kids. while you at it, invite some homeless people to live under your roof. you be the good person. I rather see you open up your wallet, than governments'. we are not socialist government
2007-11-11 07:50:55 · answer #11 · answered by 1294 4 · 6⤊ 2⤋