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Offline DmonSlyr

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why do people want to be liberals?
« on: September 30, 2008, 10:53:21 PM »
please if there any liberals on this forum tell me why you are a liberal

i don't understand the concept and just want to get your point of view

a liberal the way i see it, wants to make government more powerful and wants a socialist democracy.

is this true, why have some of you chosen the path of a liberal for the USA?

I'm just curious i want your point of views!
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Re: why do people want to be liberals?
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2008, 10:55:03 PM »
I give it a 6.5
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Re: why do people want to be liberals?
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2008, 10:57:54 PM »
Meh it depends on era.

If you lived during 1860s and 1920s and supported Republicans, you're a liberal.
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Re: why do people want to be liberals?
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2008, 11:03:12 PM »
Quote from: Sixpence on September 30, 2008, 10:55:03 PM
I give it a 6.5

feeling generous, I see.

barely rates a 2. and I am generous.

ask the waitress.
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Re: why do people want to be liberals?
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2008, 11:10:47 PM »
Help me out here.

Can you give me a definition of a Liberal, and then a Conserative so I can decide which I am?

I just love being categorized :)
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Re: why do people want to be liberals?
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2008, 11:12:34 PM »
Quote from: Hangtime on September 30, 2008, 11:03:12 PM
feeling generous, I see.

barely rates a 2. and I am generous.

ask the waitress.

That's only cause she was a hotty
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Re: why do people want to be liberals?
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2008, 11:14:06 PM »
damn... yer right.

busted.

literally.
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Offline DmonSlyr

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Re: why do people want to be liberals?
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2008, 11:22:36 PM »
basically just tell me why you are voting for obama?

we all know change, yeah yeah yeah.

but what IS the change thats soooo much better to you people? i just want to know.

whats is obamas change thats gonna really just help the economy and get us back in track????

HUH whats is it?
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Re: why do people want to be liberals?
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2008, 11:30:59 PM »
(i'll take the bait)

Yes, but wasnt America, the "greatest country in the world" created on change? it was created on the blood of war with a simple ideal that people should be free to act whichever way they wish. At the time it must have scared a lot of people too. When slavery was abolished it scared a lot of people. But does that make them wrong for being revolutionary and new? I'm not saying we should have a revolution or war, but when a system (the republicans, and on a larger scale the no-regulation free market) fails it must be replaced, only now its done through elections, democratic processes and diplomacy.
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Re: why do people want to be liberals?
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2008, 11:35:55 PM »
I like to use a lot of parmesan cheese on pasta, esp. with marinara sauce.

One might say, I apply it in liberal amounts.

So - in short, I conclude: Being liberal is good eats.

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Re: why do people want to be liberals?
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2008, 11:42:44 PM »
Quote from: Guppy35 on September 30, 2008, 11:10:47 PM
Help me out here.

Can you give me a definition of a Liberal, and then a Conserative so I can decide which I am?

I just love being categorized :)

Listen to Guppy...
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Re: why do people want to be liberals?
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2008, 11:48:53 PM »
Quote from: DmonSlyr on September 30, 2008, 11:22:36 PM
basically just tell me why you are voting for obama?

we all know change, yeah yeah yeah.

but what IS the change thats soooo much better to you people? i just want to know.

whats is obamas change thats gonna really just help the economy and get us back in track????

HUH whats is it?
I just see McCain as Bush the 2nd, and I don't really want 4 more years of that, he claims that he's not like Bush, but the guy voted 90% of the time with him.
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Re: why do people want to be liberals?
« Reply #12 on: October 01, 2008, 12:59:47 AM »
Quote from: DmonSlyr on September 30, 2008, 11:22:36 PM
basically just tell me why you are voting for obama?

we all know change, yeah yeah yeah.

but what IS the change thats soooo much better to you people? i just want to know.

whats is obamas change thats gonna really just help the economy and get us back in track????

HUH whats is it?

So if change is a Liberal idea, then ask yourself the question you ask of those who would vote for Obama.  Why is staying the same better?  What's McCain going to do to help the economy and get us back on track?

In all honesty I haven't decided yet who I'm voting for, but staying the course seems like a really lousy idea so I'm leaning towards Obama.  Sometimes you take a different road because you are tired of looking at the same old thing over and over again.

I sometimes think people would rather stay in a miserable situation they know, then take a chance on something new.

Again, can you define Liberal and Conservative for me so I know what category I fall under?

If change = Liberal,  the same = Conservative, then I guess I'm a Liberal.
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Re: why do people want to be liberals?
« Reply #13 on: October 01, 2008, 01:04:52 AM »
DmonSlyr, did you really think you would get a decent answer to your question?  LOL
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Re: why do people want to be liberals?
« Reply #14 on: October 01, 2008, 01:15:31 AM »
(off topic)


Also keep in mind that Americans today are more (politically and socially) conservative than people back in the 60s-70s.
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