Thursday, December 08, 2005
How Did I Become a Bleeding Heart Liberal?
I'm not sure. I was brought up in moderately conservative family. I spent 12 yrs in Catholic school being taught about Jesus, Love, social justice and being told that JFK is great. That might have played a role subconciously. I attended a 'liberal arts' college during the Vietnam War and I'm sure that had something to do with it. An unjust draft system certainly had something to do with it. I'm pretty sure we would have more liberals right now if we still had a draft. When I was first eligible to vote, at 21 yrs, I voted for Richard Nixon (not the second time though). I put up with 4 yrs of being around conservative Navy guys (not all of them were), but was still anti-war during my entire tour. I think what has turned me from being a liberal to a bleeding heart, leftist, commie, pinko liberal is 5 yrs of good ole G. W. Bush and a mindless republican controlled government. I'm still trying to analyze why I'm such a liberal. Maybe because I believe in our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. I'll dwell on it some more.
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I think it's curious that you mention the Bill of Rights and the Constitution (and I certainly don't want to sound like I'm criticising that statement - I know you Peter, and know that you do) when that's usually the first thing out of a conservative's mouth as well. Why is that? Does it come down to interpretation? It's something that's got me stumped.
Liberal means someone who believes in equality, liberty and civil rights for all. Why don't you convince me that todays conservatives believe that also.
Who supports torture?
Who supports mingling religion and govn't?
Who is opposed to giving equal rights to groups of people?
Who supports locking people up forever without the right to an attorney?
Who wants to tell women what they can and cannot do with their bodies?
I don't really understand why you find it so confusing.
I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything. I just wanted to know your thoughts. Anytime I've heard conservatives talk about what's gone wrong in this country, they'll say that we've moved too far away from the Bill of Rights and Constitution. I would think it's different view points on what holding true to the Constitution means?
The confusion doesn't come at all from the actions, I would say both sides are taking different interpretations out of what the founding fathers meant, I think both the far left and the far right do a pretty good job of misrepresenting the values of the majority of people in this country.
List what things the 'left' are doing that seem to you to be unconstitutional.
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