Hopelessly ironic and hypocritical.
Star, clearly you don't understand that I am NOT a Liberal. ( no matter how many times I have mentioned the fact )
I do not ascribe to EITHER dogma. My positions are based entirely on reason and evidentiary argument.
I do not oppose republican economics "notions" because they are conservative... I oppose them because they are the OPPOSITE of conservative- which has been amply proven by the fact that they have bankrupted the entire economy by allowing the wealthy to suck 3 trillion dollars out of circulation.
CALLING something conservative does not mean that it IS....
I oppose anti abortion legislation not because I am pro-choice, but because history has amply PROVEN that criminalizing it does NOT stop it.
I am FOR those measures that will actually have effect by reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies...
And When I hear the same dumb fucks who want RoeVWade overturned also oppose sex education and making birth control available to teens... Then I call them on the utter hypocrisy of claiming you want to end abortion when what you REALLY want to do is punish young people for having sex.
I oppose stupidity, ignorance, and rationales predicated upon faulty logic of ANY stamp, including the hare brained schemes of the far left. I was against welfare, no matter how well intentioned, because ordinary reason could predict the result of a sector of society content to live on welfare.
So... you see... I am NOT being hypocritical when I point out the the dogma of the Left REQUIRES them to be tolerant of the far right.
But
I, not being either, do not have to tolerate them. I call them as I see them.
That being said... the dogma of tolerance, even for your opponents' views, does not mean you do not argue against them... do not try to convince them to change their position.
The problem I have with Republicans is that they have no argument to offer... just invective and character assassination and rumor.
Bill Clinton's dick had nothing whatsoever to do with wether he did the JOB required of him.
The fact that the republicans continued to pillory Clinton, even after Clinton helped to enact a raft of conservative initiatives, proves that conservatives have NO actual allegiance to their stated agendas.
They HATED Clinton for DOING what they claimed they wanted done. Why? Because they are intellectually dishonest.
An examination of conservatives in office demonstrates that they SELL the middle american public on these ideas of conservative self reliance... but that, EVERY TIME they actually get into power, they DO the exact opposite. THey GROW government, INCREASE governmental power over private citizens, and act entirely in the interests of the already wealthy. They do NOT increase wealth among the middle class... they stagnate it in favor of transferring wealth from the middle class to the rich.
They enshrine corporate ownership with mythic powers over all sectors of society... and would impose the narrow dogmas of one group upon the society entire....
...which qualifies the Republican party as a Fascist political movement.
Republicans AND Democrats can offer no rebuttal for the historical facts of their actions.
Talk is cheap... lies are documentable.
The Truth is that Welfare was a HORRIBLE idea.
The Truth is that "Free Market De-regualtion was an even WORSE idea.
And, of the two... the intolerance of the far right... or the tolerance of the left...
ONE of them is actually reflected in the Constitution of the United states of America.
I am FOR secular govenrment because the Constitution
mandates a secular government.
I am AGAINST the patriot act and military commissions act and the suspension of habeas corpus, not because I am a Liberal, but because I am a PATRIOT and the Constitution forbids such actions.
Bush and Cheney did not take oaths to defend the American people from attack.
They took oaths to uphold and defend the Constitution.
If doing so means Americans might get attacked... then so be it. That is the risk that comes with true freedom.
The republicans act, not to protect the American people, because history shows that HABEAS CORPUS and the bill of rights protects the people...
Republicans act to protect PROPERTY in direct proportion to how much property is owned.
Speaking as one who is as critical of Liberal dogma as I am of Conservative dogma, the Republican moral and ethical position has become as bankrupt as our economy.
They have undermined the true function of governance in favor of the elite few.
And their ideas, put into action, have failed utterly.
Their actions, in terms of propagandizing discourse and debate, are beneath contempt.
And, BTW... in debate, failure to make an actual argument in rebuttal means you lose.
