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Friday, September 21, 2007
John Hawkins :: Townhall.com Columnist
Explaining Liberal Thinking In A Single Column
by John Hawkins
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Will the Dems' health care Christmas Present to America be an improvement or detriment to our health care system?


* Why are so many liberals unpatriotic? It makes liberals feel morally superior to rant about what's wrong with their own country. Plus, as an added bonus, people from other nations agree with them and that makes them feel good as well.

* Why do so many liberals have so much confidence in the government? With liberals, it's not about whether something works or not, it's about how it makes them feel.

So, they can look at the IRS, post office, airport security, FEMA, and ICE and then say, "These are the same people we want handling our health care" -- because it's about making themselves feel good that they got people insured, not about getting the best system of health care for everyone.

* Why do so many liberals have so much confidence in the UN? See the previous answer and apply it on a global scale. The UN may be corrupt, anti-American, and utterly incompetent, but it makes liberals feel good to think that they're sending money to the poor in some godforsaken country (sure, it's not their money and almost all the money may be wasted or stolen, but it's the thought that counts).

* Why are liberals so hostile to successful people who don't happen to be celebrities, trial lawyers, or big donors to the Democratic Party? Again, this is another great opportunity for them to feel morally superior. They can feel like good people because they want to give money to the poor -- granted, not their money, but rich people's money. The rich have so much and the poor have so little, so why shouldn't liberals take it from them and then pat themselves on the back for their compassion?

Once you understand the basics of how liberals think, you can understand everything that they do. Granted, there will be a few exceptions, but if the vast herd of liberals is doing something that doesn't seem to fit the template, it's either because there's money or sex involved, they're doing what they have to do to win politically, they’re taking that position because they refuse to be on the same side as conservatives, or there's something going on you don't know about and it's not really an exception.

You've heard of the Dog Whisperer, right? Well, congrats, because after reading this column, you are now a "liberal whisperer" and you understand everything you need to know about the way that liberals think.

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Arguing for no reason...productive!
I enjoy this article for 2 reasons.

1.) Bipartisan arguments (especially this one) can easily be put on it’s ear, switching the word ‘liberal’ to ‘conservative’ and tweaking a few minor details to be an attack of a completely different color.
2.) A snide attack at the apposing party accomplishes nothing. It just shows how uncooperative both sides are content with being. If results were the mission of the day then this quibbling would be put aside for the greater good.

A few minor clarifications:
Patriotism isn’t blindly following one’s country and its leadership in spite of common sense. Patriotic seems to be defined differently by the 2 parties. We are all ‘attempting’ to work towards common goals and there is a difference between understanding but not agreeing with an apposing view and out right attacking it because of who’s view it is.

This kind of thing is just a HUGE waste of time and for that reason I am very much not a conservative or liberal – I have both liberal and conservative stances on many issues, someone who is down the line one or the other is either lacking a personal opinion or just happy to accept another’s opinions as their own, thus lacking conviction and the responsibility for having an actual opinion to stand behind.

This article was cloying, snide and bereft of any real merit. An equally pointless article pointing out the perceived flaws of conservatives would fall equally on deaf ears and there for accomplishes nothing. However bolstering to ones’ ego it may be.

Liberals
I think the point is that liberals tend to search for excuses for individuals who choose to disobey laws. Did they grow up in a broken home? Were they picked on at school? Did an older sibling beat them up? Did Mom and Dad make them behave when out in public? Are they of a minority status? Were they poor? Were they spanked as a child? Were they forced to do chores around the home such as taking out the garbage or feeding the pet? Were they expected by a teacher to do homework? Did their parents take them to church on Sundays? Did that gun/knife/razor come from a manufacturer who should have known that their product would be used in a crime? Any one of these excuses completely erases any hint of responsiblity of committing a crime in the eyes of a liberal.
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