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I Am a Liberal

I’m liberal, and ashamed at how most liberals act online. Not all of us are emotionally and maturity challenged. Some of us just want what’s best for the people, and aren’t looking to argue with anyone with different views. I’ll respect your opinion if you are respectful. I will call you out if you’re acting like a child.
There are lunatics on both fringes. Its time for both sides to tone down the rhetoric and deal with issues with practicality and common sense, instead of vitriol and rampant emotion. Its the only way to resolve the very real problems we face.

Neither side is innocent, both push their agenda blind to valid concerns across the aisle. Both falsely see themselves as completely in the right and the other completely in the wrong. Its tearing the country apart and both sides are escalating the divisiveness instead of reigning it in.
AlienZipper · 61-69, M
@Stillwaiting Vitriol and rampant emotion take over instead of civility, respect and decency.

The nastiness that ensues in some of those conversations should be embarrassing to such persons, but it rarely is.
@Stillwaiting I don't know if it's the rhetoric that needs to be toned down, so much, as the tribalism. Good-faith posts like this, which correct their own, not only strengthen the liberal camp, but are good for the medium as a whole. They also go a long way to shaming conservatives (or anti-liberals, if you like) if there aren't similar gestures of good faith on the other side
@ImperialAerosolKidFromEP .. like I said, there are issues on both sides. The "shaming" crap needs to stop on both sides as neither has much room to be acting out in righteous indignation.
SW-User
The extremists on both sides make their respective positions pretty much an embarrassment. The thing is that these people don't argue against different views...they completely dismiss and attack those different views. Scroll the main feed on here for 5 minutes and you'll see plenty of it coming from both sides. I can't even say one side is really worse than the other...it seesaws back and forth.
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@SW-User I completely agree, but like I said to someone else I don’t really care how conservatives act. Their behavior doesn’t reflect on me and my beliefs
AlienZipper · 61-69, M
@SW-User Well stated sir 👍
SW-User
@SW-User Well it is no doubt a bit ironic to call oneself a liberal in one sentence and then attack opposing viewpoints in the next sentence. It's like they don't even realize that they are exactly the same type of person that they feel they are taking a stand against. Hypocrisy at its finest right?
therighttothink50 · 56-60, M
When you realize the difference between a liberal and a leftist, the light bulb goes on, wisdom is born. There is no place in this country for leftists, they are the fascists of today which use race and class warfare to divide and destroy people. There is a culture war going on right now between the fascist left and those of us who cherish individual liberty. May the light shine the truth upon all and may this leftist plague finally become eradicated from our society....

Liberals who embrace the leftist ideology do not understand the damage this twisted ideology is doing to our country.
Timb63 · 61-69, M
Let me clear this its not true liberals. Its the comunists disguising as liberals That colapsed economys around the world@Timb63
Timb63 · 61-69, M
Ours is next unless both true conservitaves and liberals wake up. Get bact to true constitional rule of our country
@Timb63 Very true!
Timb63 · 61-69, M
Yes they also limited the federal governments powers . That to keep the power to do all the things liberals want to do in each states control. Your wrong that conservitaves don’t want social isues delt with. Health care and much more. But the constitution explicitly limits federal power from doing that. Its the states rites to do. Now if you want to give the federal gov that power. You have to amend the constitution to give the power. The amendment process has worked. Read the amendments that exist. The problem is liberals while using the constitution when convienient . Never obide by it. Make the case amend the constitution to give federal gov that power or leave it to each state to decide as the constitution states
Exhibiter100000 · 61-69, M
Nice. I totally agree with you. I’m liberal too but respect others views as well.
AlienZipper · 61-69, M
Thank you for stating the obvious. The temper tantrums thrown by some of those who are all into "tolerance" are the least tolerant of all.

There is no reason why people can't agree to disagree without juvenile name calling and insulting comments.

Thank you for bringing some common sense to this topic. It's been a long time coming.
Timb63 · 61-69, M
Your rite. The problem is in the two party system. The Democrat party has Liberals , beleave in america first ideas taking care of our people and so on. Here comes the problem also socialists comunists . Believe in marxism . Now conservatives have much incolmon with liberals just have different ideas to acheive these things. They tend to be in republican party. Now there problem Also have globalists, capitalusts . True liberals and conservatives believe in our constitution bill of rites and US sovernty . Liberal and conservatives always have worked together. Its the Maxest progressives cominists both liberals and conservatives should be concerned about . These ideologies stand in direct opposition to our common values .
IWasCallingYaLarry · 26-30, M
I highly respect you for saying that. I don't care what someone's political views are either as long as they're not an extremist who can't handle differing opinions and bully you for not agreeing with them.
acpguy · C
I could get along with nicely even though I am a conservative I respect others views and love to have differing conversations as long as they are logical and respectful. Good for you.
JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F
I wonder if you notice the utterly disgusting behavior of the "republicans"? The "conservatives"? Or do you just like shooting yourself in the foot?
SW-User
@JaggedLittlePill they don’t represent me. I couldn’t care less how they act.
JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F
@SW-User ok..neither do the other idiots who happen to call themselves liberals. The point is..there are idiots in every group. There is no need to go disparage the group you are from in order to somehow distance yourself from it while still claiming to be a part of it.

This is like "I am a woman but all these women claiming sexual assault don't represent me. They are just looking for attention"
SW-User
@JaggedLittlePill as long as people associate liberalism with the people I’m talking about we will never progress. That’s my point it hurts our progress we’re trying to make
Crazywaterspring · 61-69, M
I don't buy the "both sides" narrative. Rarely do "libruls" threaten those who question them with death, rape or violence. Conservatives will criticize this post. That's what they do.
@Crazywaterspring Are you for real?? You see any of the Antifa protest coverage?? The lunatic fringe of both groups have violent elements. You're lying to yourself to claim otherwise.
JP1119 · 36-40, M
@Greenbare The KKK are not liberals, in fact they’re big fans of President Trump. It’s nothing more or less than a lie to say that the KKK is/ever was liberal. Now, just like all liberals aren’t Antifa, so all conservatives aren’t the KKK, but the KKK is most definitely a conservative organization. They wish to preserve the status quo in which the white race is dominant over the black race.
Timb63 · 61-69, M
The kkk is a southern democrat group Hillery Borak Obama spike grandly od Stram Thurmans funeral a grand wizzard of the kkk and one of the longest sitting democrats in congress . No republican comes close. The Democrat partys connections to the kkk are fact @JP1119
NotJamieM · 46-50, M
I wish there were more like you, on BOTH sides of the aisle...
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
I dislike using the term liberal. What you describe is someone with a love of humanity! The rabid conservatives love to denigrate those who believe all humans deserve certain inalienable rights! Remember, that term was indelibly put into our founder's documents.
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Harriet03 · 41-45, F
[image deleted]Just saying!
JP1119 · 36-40, M
@Harriet03 She’s actually pro-Trump, yet still calls herself a liberal.
Harriet03 · 41-45, F
@JP1119 🤷‍♀️

 
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