I am a liberal. I believe society should provide a minimum standard of living to all people. I believe we should not engage in wars of aggression against other peoples or nations. I believe the government needs to be barred from interfering in the lives of citizens. I think any legislation that is intended to make the job of law enforcement officials “easier” is wrong. I believe unfettered capitalism is as destructive an ideology as any our species has ever developed. I believe in a secular society with a strong prohibition against the meddling of theocrats in the policies enacted by our government. This last includes the references to “God” on our currency and the asinine pledge of allegiance. I believe we need to have a strong public education system that is the envy of the world. I am as libby-lib as they come and I am not ashamed of it in the least. For some reason this is disconcerting for some of the people I work with. They think I should cover my mouth and whisper quietly into my shirt front when I admit to being a liberal.
What really bothers me about these people I am referring to is the fact that their conservative ideas don’t fit them. They are all younger people in their early and mid-twenties. They are all university educated. And they are all crazy neo-conservatives. At least that’s what they appear to be. But their ideas are very clearly not the product of thought and self-reflection. Their ideas appear to belong to someone else; they appear is if they were placed in to their heads. I suspect it is similar to how religious ideas are passed from person to person. It is most startling when they discuss the government using the neo-con bullshit talking points. They all want smaller government and to cut the federal budget…and they all WORK FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! Hello? Cognitive dissonance people?
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