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Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
As people seem to have gone over my little not-so-funny-but-still-haha joke, I'm going to talk a little about this:
What kind of liberals are we talking about in here?
If we're talking about the real definition of liberal, then know that it means pretty much what people think is a libertarian nowadays. It is about individual freedom, but tends to be socially conservative, allowing for hierarchies, oligarchies, and all sorts of shit out of free enterprise.
If we're talking about the normal definition of liberal then I have no idea where the hell you're all pulling your arguments from. Modern liberals are simply inconsistent people that don't know the first thing about politics but don't want to appear close-minded. Conservatives are hypocritical; 'liberals' are just inconsistent, because they're opinions are contradictory sometimes only because they never really thought about them.
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This is the problem with liberalism as I have grown up with it. My parents (and the majority of my family) always try to debate about how the United States is declining, but the debates never go past obvious facts. One of their main sources for information, more than half the time, is Air America Radio. While that's not to say that they don't go to other sources (i.e The New York Times), their views are usually slanted. When I disagree with them on any particular issue, they will try to be open-minded, but even in their open-mindedness is an underlying "If it's not liberal, it's wrong" attitude.
