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Originally Posted by therock18
As I've said for years, it takes a lot of rationalizations to be a liberal these days.
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Didn't know you've been talking that long, but I'll take your word for it because I'm such a nice and civil guy. It probably does take some rationalizations to be a liberal/progressive these days because in politics and the social sciences we never have all the data to take totally logical positions. Fortunately for us we are always willing to look at new facts and data and listen to others in order to improve those positions. BTW, no video and "75"" what's that all about? Oh, she does look fine though.
At least it doesn't take the complete and utter rank hypocrisy that it takes to be a ConTard or a TeaTard these days, Mr RockForBrains.
Apologies to all my fellow proud and honorable LibTards for ignoring the cardinal rule of, "Don't poke the trolls". Sigh.
How do YOU rationalize being against pretty much everything you were for a mere decade ago (like voting rights, civil rights, spying on Americans, universal healthcare, stimulus funding, education, contraception, gun control, separation of church and state and, yes, I'd even dare to say democracy)?
I can show you well respected and even revered Republicans, presidents in many cases who publicly were for all of these positions ten, twenty and even 150 years ago while the party that bears the same name, "Republicans" now takes the contrary position.
My favorite was Richard Nixon's (a known Kenyan Muslim socialist) message to Congress calling for universal healthcare for all Americans -
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/stor...-proposal.aspx
Nixon, Eisenhower, Roosevelt (Teddy of course) Lincoln and even Reagan would be called RINOs (probably the least of what they would be called) in today's totally reactionary Republican party for espousing most of their positions and run out on a rail. It's just nuts IMHO to be against almost everything the party stood for over 150 years and still call themselves Republicans!
Your turn! hehehehe