Liberal stereotypes

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   PrettyPantherposted 11 years ago

   I am a self-described liberal Democrat.  Here are some ways I don't fit the stereotype.  Please add your own to this thread, whether you are liberal, conservative, libertarian, or whatever.
   
   I believe in the right to bear arms.  I own several guns and know how to shoot them.
   
   I am a rural American living on a farm, and I promote and support small family farms.
   
   I make a living supporting small businesses, helping to create and retain jobs.
   
   I want our legislators to balance the budget, even if it means some cuts to social services, but only after reductions to programs that won't hurt the poor and middle class have been exhausted. 
   
   I don't hate conservatives, Republicans, or older white men.  In fact, they're some of my favorite people.
   
   I don't want a nanny state.  No, I don't, no matter how many times you tell me that I do.
   
   I didn't vote for Obama so I could live off the government teat.  I've been working since I was 15 and don't intend to stop; however, should I lose my job and not be able to find another one right away, I hope that my nearly 40 years of hard work would earn me a bit of a safety net in the form of unemployment.
   
   I don't drink lattes, but yeah, I eat arugula. 
   
   I'm not a pacifist, but I want our decisions to do battle on foreign soil to be based on more than power, greed, or blind revenge.  After all, we are sending our young people to die.
   
   No, I don't worship Obama.  Yes, I voted for him, flaws and all. 
   
   I am a strong anti-authoritarian.  That means that I don't respond well to dictators.  Any suggestion that I want a liberal President to govern as a dictator is, well, silly.

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      Repairguy47posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Is profit a bad word to you?

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         PrettyPantherposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         No, why would it be?

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            Repairguy47posted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I can't think of a reason why it would be bad, but a lot of liberals don't seem to like it. Or at least they don't think others should make a profit if they can't.

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               PrettyPantherposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               Really?  How so?

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                  Repairguy47posted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  How so what?

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                     PrettyPantherposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                     You edited your statement after I replied.  By "how so" I meant how is it you believe that liberals don't like profit?  And, since you added that last sentence, who, specifically, thinks others should not make a profit if they can't?  I don't think that, so who are you talking about?

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                        Repairguy47posted 11 years agoin reply to this

                        I'm talking about liberals who complain that oil companies, health care companies rake in huge profits! Are you saying that doesn't happen?

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                           eternals3ptemberposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                           Capital gains abuses, not profits.

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   PrettyPantherposted 11 years ago

   Well, that's not what you said.  You said liberals don't seem to like the word "profit" or that they don't think others should make a profit if they can't.  Again, who thinks this, specifically?

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      Repairguy47posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Are you intentionally missing this? L I B E R A L S, maybe not you but If we dug deep into these forums we could probably find you complaining about huge profits. L I B E R A L S!!!

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         PrettyPantherposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         No, I'm not intentionally missing this.  You said liberals don't seem to like the word "profit" or that they don't think others should make a profit if they can't.  Again, who thinks this, specifically?  You should be able to name some famous liberal and provide a quote, right?
         
         As far as complaining about huge profits here in the forums, that might be true, although I suspect there was probably some context involved.  You know, complaining about companies who make record profits while simultaneously spending billions of dollars on political campaigns to ensure they continue to receive tax breaks.  Something like that, maybe.

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            Repairguy47posted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Stereotypical liberal. Google, its your friend.

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               PrettyPantherposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               Ah, isn't Google your friend, too?  I'm not helping you out by Googling to back up your statement.  Do it yourself.

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         GNelsonposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         You really need to look at the facts.   If you let the factory burn with the workers in it because it is more profitable than providing safey measures like unlocked exits, there is something wrong with that thinking.  Profit is not more important than people's lives.

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   John Holdenposted 11 years ago

   Pretty Panther, you sound exactly like a Liberal to me.
   
   The problem is that most people have lost the meaning of Liberal, or at least perverted it into something else. You only have to count the number of times that people say Liberal/ socialist to understand that they've lost the plot.
   
   I am proud to be liberal but would strongly object to being called a Liberal!

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      GNelsonposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      A liberal is simply a forward thinking person.

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         John Holdenposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         I would add, one free from bigotry as well, open minded, but could that be covered by forward thinking?
         
         Really, I can't imagine why anybody should be proud not to be a liberal!
         Heck, could you stand up and say that you were in favour of oppressing people?

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   Barefootfaeposted 11 years ago

   PP, what I am reading from you sounds a lot more Libertarian.
   Please accept my apology if you feel I have ever stereotyped you.

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      John Holdenposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Barefootfae, join the dots, it's no accident that both words start with the same root.

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   innersmiffposted 11 years ago

   Classical liberalism was based in civil rights and free markets, but the modern left has ditched the free market part and now the civil rights part as well. Now both the left and right represent a different flavour of police statism, stunted economies and perpetual war.
   
   PP, this is all good, I'm just wondering why you voted for Obama whilst holding all of these views. Authoritarian states can come about through democracy too, you know.

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   EsmeSanBonaposted 11 years ago

   "I don't drink lattes, but yeah, I eat arugula."
   
   Classic.

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   Mighty Momposted 11 years ago

   I eat meat and don't drive a Prius!

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      American Viewposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      LOL Gotta love the meat eating MM

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      SassySue1963posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      MM - I'm ashamed for you! No Prius! tsk tsk
      
      lol
      
      Happy Holidays everyone!
      
      
      P.S. I know this is Liberal stereotypes but just for the record, I don't hate homosexuals, I don't think you can "pray the gay away", I'm not rich nor male!

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      Reality Bytesposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Are you smug?
      
      
      
      

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   donotfearposted 11 years ago

   Are you sure you aren't a Libratarian?

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