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Should we blame the Liberals?

First of all, let us try to agree on some definitions. For years now the media and folks from different political viewpoints have tried to redefine key terms such as Liberalism and Conservatism. Many have tried to separate Democrat and Republican, from Liberal and Conservative. This word game they have been playing is just that, a game.

For the sake of this discussion lets agree on a few basic assumptions, one that most Democrats are Liberal, and two that most Republicans are Conservative. Now having said that, we know that some Democrats have what some might say are conservative opinions on a particular subject, like for instance gay marriage, there can be no doubt that many Democrats do not support gay marriage, and certainly not all support sweeping gun laws as another example. And many Republicans support far more government and laws etc. that impact personal liberty and our economics, that I personally believe are radically opposite of what is generally considered a conservative viewpoint. Otherwise saying, most people aren’t totally true to either ideal. I don’t think modern Liberalism is the great evil on our political landscape that many say it is. What I do believe is that it isn’t Liberalism that’s hurting us as much, as it’s a true lack of Conservatism that is doing most of the harm in the United States today, both to Liberty and in our financial sectors.  

One thing hurting us can be best summed up in this endless blame game. The so-called right blaming the so-called left and the left blaming the right. When the truth is both have factored in the current problems that we face …from the bail out package …to the war in Iraq…to a significant erosion of personal liberty and freedom here in the United States.

How many so-called liberals voted for The Patriot Act? How many voted to let us invade Iraq?

In numerous conversations with so-called Liberals, I’ll ask their opinion on abortion rights, as a common cause for the Liberal crowd, almost universally they support a women’s right to choose, I’ll ask them why and most say it is her body and she should have the right to make that choice. But when I ask them about laws that I see as attacks on ones personal liberty such as the seatbelt law, they nearly always support that law. I ask them, what is the difference? it’s her body and choice to end a life, in my car, it’s my body and my choice, and clearly most of the time it wouldn’t end a life. One is a liberty allowed by Supreme Court intervention, the other was a liberty or choice we as citizens wrongly allowed to be taken away. But clearly it’s a good example of liberals not living up to their own highest ideals of individual rights and choices. 

In one case it may end a life, in the other… it definitely will end a life.

We all need to… Think About Freedom!

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