"Liberal": a perjorative for "Stupid, blind, bleeding-heart, etc." "Conservative": a synonym for "Perfect."

Submitted by Dr RJP (United States), Sep 11, 2006 at 14:16

If my mother were alive, I would ask her, "Was I born a liberal or conservative?"

I never knew what a "Liberal" was until I caught one of Rush Limbaugh's shows. I always thought it was an adjective, and not a noun.

It sounds ridiculous, but to hear people use the terms, liberal and conservative, as mutually exclusive identifiers, one would think that it is etched into our genetic makeup.

Why is it, Daniel, that the only time you use the term, "Moderate," is when you are writing about Muslims? Why do you have to be like everyone else and act as if America is divided into two, and only two opposing camps?

I consider myself to be a moderate, but somewhere to the right of center. I do not call myself a conservative or a liberal because both groups advocate policies with which I strongly disagree.

For example, the attitudes of liberals towards Jews, Israel, the United States, Muslims, and the immigration issue are enough to send me running to the conservative side.. Unlike a conservative, however, I am in favor of government regulations that protect the public from companies for whom the Almighy dollar is their only priority. I am in favor of deregulation and price protection. I am in favor of laws that keep the American family intact, and in laws for self-protection.

I am in favor of a woman's right to choose, but not in favor of totally, unrestriced abortion.

When it comes to fighting terrorism, however, you will not find me anywhere near a Liberal. I'm a hawk and someone who wishes that our State Department were more like the War department.

So, you see, it is not so easy to simply lump someone into one of two, cut-and-dried categories. If you're looking for a label by which to call me, try "Liberative" or "Conserveral."

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