Most Liberals just want human rights for all.  Why do right wingers tweak the label?
819201
The liberals I have read up on want to doll out rights that infringe on the rights of others. That is not good....
1178773
You see it here everyday.  They, liberals, have no tolerance for anything that isn't liberal.  They want to open our borders, stop fighting al queda and pray we don't get hurt again - even blame ourselves for al queda's hatred.  They care nothing of moral values, nothing of religous values, and will trounce on both at every effort.  If thats not enough they'll take more just to spend more and convince everyone that the government can make their lives better - better then they the individual can do themselves.
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I agree with you entirely.What about the human rights of the victims of crime and terrorism? Our country has become a dumping ground for all the undesirables of other european countries.If you say anything about this the do-gooders and liberals jump up and call you rascist.
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Because liberals would rather see 1,000 more victims than see the rights of one scumbag denied.  And yes, they do feel that the rights of perverts supersede the rights of the innocent.  Actually, they couldn't care less about the innocent or the victims.
826220
because liberalism is a mental disorder.\n\n"a twisted mind twists everything."
819010
All that you said is very well and good but they don't hear you they want what they want at the expense of the people and that is the way they are "i never have meet a liberal that had a soul" and probably never will they are mostly Communist or socialist to the cause against freedom and the true American people!\nI have said it before and i will say it again liberals feed on their young and they have no loyalty or morals!
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The agenda of liberals is to include a larger cross section of the population in the decision making processes that affect how we must live.\n\nYes, the liberals are trying to destroy certain American traditions.  They have already destroyed the tradition of seperate facilities for people of color.  They have already destroyed the tradition that if you are handicapped, you just shouldn't have access to things the way non-handicapped folks do.  They have destroyed the tradition that women shouldn't vote.  It was the liberals that finally put an end to the McCarthy era, where conservatives vrtually isolated and made criminals people who were exercising their rights as Americans to believe what they want.  Liberals have also ended the American tradition that if you are poor, tough luck, that the rich have no obligation to their American brothers and sisters if they are in need (much like the conservatives of today). \n\nConservatives, on the other hand, are afraid of new ideas, particularly ideas that don't agree with the 'old ways'. \n\nI think a good example of conservatism in the extreme would be the Islamic fundamentalists, who think laws should be today what they were thousands of years ago, and to totally suppress any hint of change.  Women are property, there is only one faith to believe in, anyone that doesn't agree with them is an infidel and does not deserve the consideration of folks that are 'true believers' and they should be killed.
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Absolutely NOT! Libs want terrorists to have rights...just like they want to give rights to criminals. \nYou are a good American for pointing out another blemish in liberalism!
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I think you hit the nail on the head here.  Sadly, most people (politicians and voters alike), believe the opposition is moronic, evil, or simply wrong.  We can't seem to listen respectfully, and hear an idea out, without noticing it came from the other side.  \nI personally believe that both liberals and conservatives want what is best for America, for the most part.  They are just at odds about what is best.
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I think it's that the opposite of liberal is conservative.  Conservatives favor the ways and institutions of the past, and would like to revert to them.  And many republicans are conservatives.  Their ideal is therefor the polar opposite of liberals.  And no, I don't think there's anything wrong with liberals, both keeping an open mind and respecting the past seem like good ideas to me.  That's why I couldn't be a member of the press.  I make too much sense and am too respectful of other peoples opinions.
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First, you make the common right-winger fallacy of confusing yourselves with America.  You're only part of America.  Liberals and moderates are the other part.  Taking shots at your leaders and their policies is not the same as taking shots at America.  I don't recall it stopping anyone from impeaching Clinton, not even while we were fighting in the Balkans.  It is arrogance to confuse one's party with one's country no matter what side you're on, so I am sure you did not intend it to seem like that.\n\nIt seems the basic problem is that many right-wingers assume that strength lies in all of us agreeing with them or surrendering our citizenship (or at least the rights that used to go with it).  Liberals offend people like you because they understand that strength comes from diversity of viewpoints and opinions, not from uniformity.  That used to be one of the good arguments for states' rights, back when you guys believed in that.  Most sensible people understand that no one is right about everything all the time, so we need to ensure that ideas are tested by open, fair debate (no name-calling).  If your ideas can't stand to take a few shots, maybe your ideas aren't so good and we should be following someone else.  If you have confidence in your ideas, you should have no problem with people taking shots at them.  (Similarly, if your ideas keep crashing into the Constitution, maybe the answer isn't amending the Constitution -- maybe it's changing your minds.)  Only ideas that can withstand criticism are ideas that can persuade others, and persuasion is the only weapon properly wielded against one's own countrymen.\n\nAs for sinking the ship, I would not worry too much.  Remember that liberals by definition love their liberty and have always been willing to fight for it when necessary (not just desirable, like you guys).  The only time we ever had a civil war, it was basically southern conservatives who started it, fired the first shots, keep flying the flag, etc., so the real risk to the republic is your side, not the liberals.  Liberals don't shoot judges -- or doctors.  Liberals didn't bomb the Olympics.  Again, consider how often right-wing ideas these days seem to call for changing the Constitution.  That is why I will not flatter today's right-wing with the name of conservative, as they have apparently passed over into radicalism.  Yet you worry over America being sunk by a party that controls no part of the government!
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So, why does there have to be "Women's Rights","Mens Rights" or any special consideration or privileges for anyone based on sex, religion or the color of one's skin?  Why not just make it all "Human Rights!"
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Why is a liberal labeled as such?  A liberal wants to do away with the 2nd Amendment, and limit how average citizens can protect themselves and their property against criminals. Sounds limiting to me, instead of how the word is supposed to mean.
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If you used the dictionary definition of a liberal, most conservatives would want to be liberals, or would think they already are liberals:\n\n"marked by generosity and openhandedness, broad-minded, tolerant, bountiful, munificent" and so forth.  All except the part "lacking moral restraint, licentious" applies equally to conservatives.\n\nGood question, because I don't think a liberal defines himself the way a conservative defines a liberal.  And vice versa.
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The right/left political divide has become so exaggerated these days that it is downright silly.  At the extreme ends of both sides you will find bigoted fools.\n\nWe are all humans, not conservatives nor liberals.  Our humanity is what is important not our political agenda.\n\nEven though they are all too often portrayed as such in the cutthroat business of getting elected, conservatives and liberals are not enemies.  We need to open our minds to the fact that the other side might have a good idea and thank them for it instead of characterising politics as an endless war of rhetoric.  \n\nIts foolish to break the world down into simple dichotomies.  It prevents seeing the real complexity of the world.  But then again thats what the people who have aspirations of power want.  On both sides.\n\nPersonally I think that its important to remember that there are more than two ways to solve any problem and that we can all learn from our percieved enemies.
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how come people of all political stripes, left and right, have such a distorted view of the other?
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Pretty much.  But out of fairness, it is not limited to liberals,  when dealing with extremists they tend not to be satisfied with any explanation that doesn't justify their beliefs, not matter how wrong they are.