Are You a Liberal?
http://www.dennisprager.com/areyouliberal.html
By Dennis Prager
It is my belief that about half of the Americans who call themselves liberal do not hold the great majority of positions held by mainstream liberal institutions such as the New York Times editorial page, People for the American Way, and the liberal wing of the Democratic Party. So here is a test of this thesis to be given to anyone who believes he or she is a liberal.
If you feel I have omitted a liberal position or have unfairly characterized any of them here, please email me. This is still a work in progress.
Thank you,
Dennis Prager
You say you are a liberal.
Do you believe the following?
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Hilarious that there are idiots (*cough* Paulestinians) on this here forum who actually believe that there is "no difference between our two parties" ( Republican and Democrat). Of course the only way anyone could make such an inane statement is by dumbing down the debate with vagaries hoping to steer the conversation into a theoretical pissing match.
Reality check: You're never going to win -- or even level the playing field -- debating ideology or theory. Both sides will always claim the moral high ground on "protecting liberties", "fiscal responsibility" "human rights" etc.... which of course means exactly NOTHING.
If you want to figure out if someone is liberal or not, you need to quiz them on a SPECIFIC SET OF POLICIES.
Of course there is a left and right position on nearly EVERY issue and of course it's fair to label someone a lefty if they happen to agree with 10-15 of the liberal positions Dennis has provided, no matter what the hell they call themselves.
Oh, just one more thing....
Hussein Obama is LEFT on EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!
Something to think about if you are naive to believe that there are no differences between the parties and that elections do not have consequences.
They most certainly do.
http://www.dennisprager.com/areyouliberal.html
By Dennis Prager
It is my belief that about half of the Americans who call themselves liberal do not hold the great majority of positions held by mainstream liberal institutions such as the New York Times editorial page, People for the American Way, and the liberal wing of the Democratic Party. So here is a test of this thesis to be given to anyone who believes he or she is a liberal.
If you feel I have omitted a liberal position or have unfairly characterized any of them here, please email me. This is still a work in progress.
Thank you,
Dennis Prager
You say you are a liberal.
Do you believe the following?
- Standards for admissions to universities, fire departments, etc. should be lowered for people of color.
- Bilingual education for children of immigrants, rather than immersion in English, is good for them and for America.
- Murderers should never be put to death.
- During the Cold War, America should have adopted a nuclear arms freeze.
- Colleges should not allow ROTC programs.
- It was wrong to wage war against Saddam Hussein in the Gulf War.
- Poor parents should not be allowed to have vouchers to send their children to private schools.
- It is good that trial lawyers and teachers unions are the two biggest contributors to the Democratic Party.
- Marriage should be redefined from male-female to any two people.
- A married couple should not have more of a right to adopt a child than two men or two women.
- The Boy Scouts should not be allowed to use parks or any other public places and should be prohibited from using churches and synagogues for their meetings.
- The present high tax rates are good.
- Speech codes on college campuses are good and American values are bad.
- The Israelis and Palestinians are morally equivalent.
- The United Nations is a moral force for good in the world, and therefore America should be subservient to it and such international institutions as a world court.
- It is good that colleges have dropped hundreds of men's sports teams in order to meet gender-based quotas.
- No abortions can be labeled immoral.
- Restaurants should be prohibited by law from allowing customers to choose between a smoking and a non-smoking section.
- High schools should make condoms available to students and teach them how to use them.
- Racial profiling for terrorists is wrong -- a white American grandmother should as likely be searched as a Saudi young male.
- Racism and poverty -- not a lack of fathers and a crisis of values -- are the primary causes of violent crime in the inner city.
- It is wrong and unconstitutional for students to be told, "God bless you" at their graduation.
- No culture is morally superior to any other.
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Hilarious that there are idiots (*cough* Paulestinians) on this here forum who actually believe that there is "no difference between our two parties" ( Republican and Democrat). Of course the only way anyone could make such an inane statement is by dumbing down the debate with vagaries hoping to steer the conversation into a theoretical pissing match.
Reality check: You're never going to win -- or even level the playing field -- debating ideology or theory. Both sides will always claim the moral high ground on "protecting liberties", "fiscal responsibility" "human rights" etc.... which of course means exactly NOTHING.
If you want to figure out if someone is liberal or not, you need to quiz them on a SPECIFIC SET OF POLICIES.
Of course there is a left and right position on nearly EVERY issue and of course it's fair to label someone a lefty if they happen to agree with 10-15 of the liberal positions Dennis has provided, no matter what the hell they call themselves.
Oh, just one more thing....
Hussein Obama is LEFT on EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!
Something to think about if you are naive to believe that there are no differences between the parties and that elections do not have consequences.
They most certainly do.
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