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| − | [[Image:Liberal Brain.jpg|thumb|230px|top|<center>A satirical conception of the liberal brain.</center>]]
| + | If you tremble indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine. |
| − | A '''liberal''' is a believer in many of the following political positions:
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| − | * Tax and spend government
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| − | * Taxpayer-funded [[abortion]]
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| − | * [[Income redistribution]], usually through progressive taxation
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| − | * Government-rationed and taxpayer-funded medical care
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| − | * Taxpayer-funded "free" [[public education]]
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| − | * The denial of inherent [[gender differences]] and wanting men and women to have the same jobs in the [[military]]
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| − | * [[Same-sex marriage]]
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| − | * [[Affirmative action]]
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| − | * [[Political correctness]]<ref>[http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/27429.html Politically Correct Terrorism] ''The Conservative Voice'', August 21, 2007</ref>
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| − | * [[Censorship]] of [[prayer]] in classrooms and school sponsored events
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| − | * Labor [[union]]s
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| − | * Elimination of [[abstinence]]-only program funding <ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286671,00.html Democrats Aim To Kill Abstinence-Only Program Funding], [[Fox News]], Monday, June 25, 2007</ref>
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| − | * A "[[living Constitution]]" that is reinterpreted, thwarting the amendment process specified in the Constitution as written.
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| − | * Support for [[gun control]]
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| − | * Government programs to [[rehabilitate criminals]]
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| − | * Abolition of death penalty
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| − | * [[Environmentalism]]<ref>[[Greenpeace]], for example.</ref>
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| − | * [[Disarmament treaties]]
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| − | * [[Globalism]]
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| − | * Opposition to a strong American foreign policy <ref>Stefaan Walgrave and Joris Verhulst, [http://nicomedia.math.upatras.gr/conf/CAWM2003/Papers/Verhulst.pdf The February 15 Worldwide Protests against a War in Iraq: An Empirical Test of Transnational Opportunities. Outline of a Research Programme](PDF).</ref>
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| − | * Support of obscenity and pornography as a [[First Amendment]] right<ref>The [[Warren Court]], led by [[liberal]] Justices [[William O. Douglas]], [[Hugo Black]], [[Abe Fortas]], [[William Brennan]] and Chief Justice [[Earl Warren]] issued 36 decisions granting [[First Amendment]] rights to obscenity and pornography. These decisions remain fully supported by liberals today.</ref>
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| − | * Opposition to full private property rights<ref>For example, the liberal wing of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] issued the 5-4 [[Kelo v. City of New London]] decision authorizing the taking of private property by government in order to give the property to another private entity rather than convert it to a public use.</ref>
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| − | * Limiting [[conservative]] talk radio by reinstating the [[Fairness Doctrine]]
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| − | * Promoting [[liberal deceit]] if it advances their goals, or at least tolerating it
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| − | CONSERVATIVE BASTARDS RACIST PIECES OF JUNK
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