Difference between revisions of "Liberal"
Commierobbie (talk | contribs) |
Commierobbie (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 39: | Line 39: | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 22:56, February 29, 2008
A liberal is a believer in many of the following political positions:
- Tax and spend government
- Taxpayer-funded abortion
- Income redistribution, usually through progressive taxation
- Government-rationed and taxpayer-funded medical care
- Taxpayer-funded "free" public education
- The denial of inherent gender differences and wanting men and women to have the same jobs in the military
- Same-sex marriage
- Affirmative action
- Political correctness[1]
- Censorship of prayer in classrooms and school sponsored events
- Labor unions
- Elimination of abstinence-only program funding [2]
- A "living Constitution" that is reinterpreted, thwarting the amendment process specified in the Constitution as written.
- Support for gun control
- Government programs to rehabilitate criminals
- Abolition of death penalty
- Environmentalism[3]
- Disarmament treaties
- Globalism
- Opposition to a strong American foreign policy [4]
- Support of obscenity and pornography as a First Amendment right[5]
- Opposition to full private property rights[6]
- Limiting conservative talk radio by reinstating the Fairness Doctrine
- Promoting liberal deceit if it advances their goals, or at least tolerating it
CONSERVATIVE BASTARDS RACIST PIECES OF JUNK
Historical Liberalism
In history, the word "liberal" has meant different things at different times, and was associated with individual liberty in prior centuries. In the postwar period, liberals supported government intervention in the economy and welfare state policies, as well as peaceful coexistence with the communist block, which are not liberal policies in the sense of classical liberalism. After the end of the cold war, with the demise of socialism and communism, many liberals embraced some ideas from economic neo-liberalism, and coined it the "Third Way". In the area of national security and foreign policy liberals in the U.S. failed to define a consistent stance, even after the events of 9/11 and the beginning of the war in Iraq. Liberals generally support affirmative action, gay marriage, and abortion.[7]
See Also
- Liberal Bias
- Liberal Hypocrisy
- Essay:Liberal Style
- The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness
- Conservative Links
- Liberal denial
- Liberal hypocrisy
- Liberal deceit
- Liberal quotient
- Liberal hate speech
- Liberal logic
References
- ↑ Politically Correct Terrorism The Conservative Voice, August 21, 2007
- ↑ Democrats Aim To Kill Abstinence-Only Program Funding, Fox News, Monday, June 25, 2007
- ↑ Greenpeace, for example.
- ↑ Stefaan Walgrave and Joris Verhulst, The February 15 Worldwide Protests against a War in Iraq: An Empirical Test of Transnational Opportunities. Outline of a Research Programme(PDF).
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Political liberals tend, for whatever reason, to be ardent supporters of both gay rights and pro-choice programs." Greenberg and Bailey [1]