It seems to me they are as long as you agree with every thing they say and think regardless of how baseless or inane the idea.  \n\nDisagree with them however, and you are no longer entitled to your viewpoint.  Is that REALLY a liberal outlook.  \n\nHate to throw their own current buzz words back at them, but is that the beginning of fascism?
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Fascism,gotta love it!\nAs to your question, I find liberals are generally people who are close minded, full of themselves, and desperate to be 'in'. I also find them in large annoying numbers at our local coffee bars, spouting their rhetoric. poop!
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You're going to get some real heat over this question. Conservatives will say you are not entitled to your opinions. Whenever a liberal administration takes over, you will see the world will step back from the brink.  I just pray we don't get past the 'tipping point' (see link). \nConservatives care about conservatives, but liberals care about everyone.
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Liberals are a funny bunch.  They are hypocritical and completely self deceived.  How else could the term "limosine liberal" pack such a punch?\n\nIf you tell a liberal his words and actions add up to hatred for America, he will vehemently deny it.  But they do nothing to make our country stronger, more prosperous, and more secure.  All they do is b**ch all the time.  They offer nothing substantive to the debate.\n\nLike Lee Iacoca said back in the 1980s, "either lead, follow, or get out of the way".  I wish Liberals would just get out of our way.  Ronald Reagan set us on the right road, but liberals keep wanting to take a detour.\n\nMaybe, as in the case of uber-liberals like Al Franken, it's a form of self-loathing.  They realize, on some level, they don't deserve how good they've got it, and it makes them feel guilty.
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Well obvious Mr. Savage is going for a reaction, as I presume are you, and somewhat successfully too.\n\nI can't deny its not fun to antagonize our liberal friends, as you are, but of course at the end of the day, the blind following of ideals from either end of the political spectrum, is the main stay of democracy. It would be as easy to find ridiculous conservative ideas as it was to find ridiculous democratic ideals and question the sanity of those that repeat them.\n\nSo fun yes, but no, not true.
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"Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannise their teachers." - Socrates\n\nI do agree though, reading what used to be "popular magazines" in the 1770's, and knowing that it was the youth of the day that took an active interest in this, it is really sad that many can't even piece together a coherent sentence.  Media and news are now delivered in 30 second bites in such a revolving pace that it has no depth.  People in general have gotten used to this, and are taking everything at face value without a modicum of thought and not considering the source.  Truth is no longer based on fact, and illiteracy is rampant.\n\nI love asking anyone that is "liberal bashing" to define a liberal...normally they can't.  Self-proclaimed conservatives also cannot rattle off any of the basic tenets of conservatism (hint, it has nothing to do with religion).  "Pro-lifers" somehow think there are exceptions to the rules, not realizing that by believing in exceptions they are "pro-choice".  Right-wing Christians that believe we are a country founded on religion and we need to get back there don't recall history class...there was a time for this was the case in European history known affectionately as "The Dark Ages".\n\nI agree totally, the masses have lost their ability to think lately and it's starting to grate on my nerves.  As a libertarian/democrat, I really believe that the only way we will have a great country is if people become informed and able to think critically, logically AND emotionally mature.  The simple fact that some people STILL think Colbert was simply a "not so funny conservative" speaks volumes.
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The problem I'm noticing lately is that you can disagree, but only if you are a liberal disagreeing with a conservative (speaking truth to power).  If you're a conservative disagreeing with a liberal you are a bigot.
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intillectual liberals? isn't that a bit of an oxymoron?
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Liberals have a short attention span. Remember the one who answered every question with remarks associating all "repugs" with fast food and gay porn? Evidently she took umbrage to my remarks about PETA- people eating tasting animals. But she's moved on to other things-\nIn fact, she's here now... can you spot her?\n\nBut to answer the questions- I'll stick to the short attention span  theory for the first one.\n\nGoal of alienation? Nah, libs don't have goals. Goals require foresight.\n\nSarcasm? No, sarcasm is funny.
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Some people try to empower themselves by using derogatory expletives and "name calling". They do it from a fear of being suppressed or from knowing they have no rational answers for those who oppose them. It would be better if non-liberals could debate the liberal  "ideas", but since most liberals are sheep and follow the flock, their ideas become generic without purpose and meaning. Liberal "extremists", like most extremists", make a habit of being argumentive by nature. Most people who debate them, are usually self thinkers with good self-esteem who can communicate powerfully  without the name calling. I call these people conservatives and moderates, not extremists
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Not entirely. They're kind of exaggerations of what we do believe about each other or weaknesses we've found in each others views.
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Yes, it seems that neo-cons are concrete operational thinkers and that liberals are abstract.  People who are the former tend to have thier whole lives planned out, are settled, and even when facts are presented they chose to stick with the traditional viewpoint (no matter how wrong) and they also do what they are told without question.  Neo-cons do not question authoristy, rather, they act as apoligists to any half-baked idea the government throws at them.  Neo-cons are the rich elite's dream come true - namely, middle class, often working poor "americans" who cannot understand the methods of thier own exploitation by the elite class and who are more than willing to blame, cannabalize and work against thier fellow people.  Some think they are rich, they live on the credit of the elite, and pay debts monthly to maintain dignity in some distorted way.  The fact of the matter is, they are truely fools, and thier societal place goes far back in history.  Neo-cons have always been around... they worship Machiavelli and pander to power (that works against them ultimately) just as he did.  \n\nThere should be a diagnosis for such people - Neo-Conservative Personality Disorder.\n\nthe treatment could be some cognitive enhancement therapy such as reading just one Noam Chomsky book... but they won't and if they do they can't understand it for the above mentioned reasons.
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I understand what you mean...\n\nAt first glance it appears as if they were trying to be politically correct. I personally would appreciate that openness of mind.\n\nHowever, we can only guess their intentions. We don't know these people, and if they are really open minded or were just being plain unpleasant. \n\nIs this openness of mind unlike them?
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its hard to say,  currently i am taking a journalism class in high school and if we put our opinion in any of the things we write its an automatic F.  But now we are finally beginning to make our own column which lets us speak of our opinions.  So it really just depends on where you're finding your information based on what newspaper you read, or what ever news program you watch some are conservative and some are liberal
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I too can tell a liberal just by the way they act...they have a hate basis for anything they don't agree with while paying lip service to "tolerance".  The way they act is so child-like.  What they don't understand is that they are attempting to take away all the rules in our country...commit crime....let them out,  marry same sex...there is nothing perverted about that....be a pedophile,,,,it's ok, you were born that way.....and down with religion, esp Christian because it is evil to have a higher power say that anything is wrong.   It is a child-like existance in a world of theory...global warming, abortion, gun control etc. etc. I wish we could cut the country in half and live in the conservative half!!!
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Some people seem to go by the theory that if a lie gets repeated enough, people will believe it.  I think it works.\n\nI have been around here long enough to see moderates get far right or far left, so I am sure that is your theory at work.\n\nStill, what is the cure?  If you put my theory with yours, isn't it compelling that we continue to defend our positions?\n\nMany people may not change their views one iota.  What about the ones who may?
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Liberals and thinking is an oxymoron
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The way you have defined it, I don't think there are any "hardcore leftist- Liberals" anymore.\n\nIt sounds more like what you're trying to do is to strawman anyone who is not like you into supporting all those bizarre positions.