"From a confused American... - Thanks DHess25876

I understand what I believe, how I believe, and the philosophical
foundations of my beliefs. In college, I've studied everything from
Karl Marx, to Ludwig von Mises, from Friedrich Hayek to FDR, from Edmund
Burke to Bertrand Russell, from Aristotle to Ayn Rand.

I understand modern conservative thought. I understand libertarian
thought. I understand classical liberalism.

What I can't begin to comprehend is modern liberalism, the political
correctness that pervades our society today. Maybe you can help me.


As near as I can tell, to be a modern liberal-

*You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are
more of a threat than nuclear weapons in the hands of the Red Chinese.

*You have to believe the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of funding.

*You have to be against capital punishment but for abortion on demand -
in short, you support protecting the guilty and killing the innocent.

*You have to believe that all trial lawyers are selfless heroes and all
doctors are overpaid.

*You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by
cyclical, documented changes in climate, than by yuppies driving SUVs.

*You have to believe that gender roles is right-wing propaganda, but
being gay is natural.

*You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments
create prosperity.

*You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually
doing something to earn it.

*You have to believe the NRA is bad, because it stands up for certain
parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good, because it stands up
for certain parts of the Constitution.

*You have to believe that Rosa Parks, Cesar Chavez, and Gloria Steinem
are more important and contributed more to American history than George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, or Benjamin Franklin.

*You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked
anywhere it's been tried is because the right people haven't been in
charge.

Looking back on my list, it seems shallow, muddled, contradictory,
divorced of logic, prejudicial and a bit sadistic. Well, then ... does
that describe the modern American liberal?"

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