http://downtrend.com/robertgehl/american...-a-leftist

Very interesting read and she absolutely nails the most hypocritical aspects of the left.

Her number one reason is Hate. This tiny snippet sums up what most on the left either can't, or refuse to see.

Quote:Those posting messages in this left-wing forumpublicly announced that they did what they did every day, from voting to attending a rally to planning a life, because they wanted to destroy something, and because they hated someone, rather than because they wanted to build something, or because they loved someone. You went to an anti-war rally because you hated Bush, not because you loved peace. Thus, when Obama bombed, you didn’t hold any anti-war rally, because you didn’t hate Obama.

I experienced powerful cognitive dissonance when I recognized the hate. The rightest of my right-wing acquaintances — I had no right-wing friends — expressed nothing like this. My right-wing acquaintances talked about loving: God, their family, their community. I’m not saying that the right-wingers I knew were better people; I don’t know that they were. I’m speaking here, merely, about language.

Definitely worth the read.

(03-02-2017 09:56 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  http://downtrend.com/robertgehl/american...-a-leftist

Very interesting read and she absolutely nails the most hypocritical aspects of the left.

Her number one reason is Hate. This tiny snippet sums up what most on the left either can't, or refuse to see.

Quote:Those posting messages in this left-wing forumpublicly announced that they did what they did every day, from voting to attending a rally to planning a life, because they wanted to destroy something, and because they hated someone, rather than because they wanted to build something, or because they loved someone. You went to an anti-war rally because you hated Bush, not because you loved peace. Thus, when Obama bombed, you didn’t hold any anti-war rally, because you didn’t hate Obama.

I experienced powerful cognitive dissonance when I recognized the hate. The rightest of my right-wing acquaintances — I had no right-wing friends — expressed nothing like this. My right-wing acquaintances talked about loving: God, their family, their community. I’m not saying that the right-wingers I knew were better people; I don’t know that they were. I’m speaking here, merely, about language.

Definitely worth the read.

Someone that looked in the mirror and didn't like what they saw.......but then, it's never too late I guess.

I support many liberal policies: single payer healthcare, renewable energy, and public transit mostly.

That said, I hate most liberals.

I'm sure there are many more silent liberals out there like me that like liberal policy but not the actions of "liberals"