Well, I guess I haven't earned enough money to get rid of my liberal ideas [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
No, my liberal ideas tend to be that I think that people have a right (as long as it doesn't infringe on others rights) to make their choices. If you choose to have 50 guns, and are a responsible person, then go for it. If you choose to have an abortion, then go for it. Religious freedom was one of the biggest reasons our forefathers came in search of this land. We're slowing turning into a country that thinks its only ok to think something if you think like I do. If thats getting rid of my liberal ideas, I hope I never do.
I don't have to agree with what people do, but I seldom think that their rights should be infinged on, unless it harms others.
I think a gay couple should have the right to live their lifes, that being said, I don't think everything needs to change to make them all happy. Having freedom doesn't mean you have unlimited rights. You have the right to freedom of speech, that doesn't mean you have the right to scream fire in a theater. They have the right to be a couple, that doesn't give them the right to be treated as the norm, getting the same benefits.
Again, this is why I can't say I fully support/endorse one side or the other. Like you said, you have a problem with the current administration, but make it sound like the next one that comes down the pike will get your backing. Thats where my issue is. Hey fine you supported the Conservative this time, and your mad, prove your mad by voting Liberal the next time, instead of by God I'm mad, I sure hope the next one is better.
Not trying to single you out ut1, you're a Vol fan, so that scores points, just the nature of the beast I can't stand. I mean its fine that you're views, mostly, tend to go with the Conservative side, but basically saying shame shame, shaking your finger at them and saying dont do that again isn't going to make them realize anything. We all know that the hot topic issues are not going to be 'fixed'. We've had as much 'conservative' control the last several years as you about could get, and did the great evil Abortion get dealt with? Did all this crime go down? Did all the excess and wasteful spending just suddenly get taken care of? Did all them new taxes that the evil liberals want stop or not happen? Nope.
We're almost all conditioned. I thought it was funny reading how Jim Webb had been such a longtime member of the NRA, and there was all these reports, from the Conservative side that suddenly damned him and talked about how he was going to do away with guns. A few years earlier, it would have been how he was a card-carrying member and was the best option to protect them.
Its the conditioning that I cant deal with. Like I've said before, when I take the political affiliation tests, I come down very nearly as dead middle. I tend to think live and let live, but I don't think you have to bend over backwards to help everybody or give everybody special treatment.
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