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mixedmedia · 07-18-2011, 04:42 AM

So why is that liberals can't just want what they say they want? You're asking why liberals think the way they do, then you proceed to tell us why they think the way they do. Which, of course, is contrary to what they say they want.

I agree with everything that filtherton says. And I will go on to add that the liberal movement in this country sprang into life in the late 19th-early 20th centuries by the very realities of an ever-widening income disparity and the greed and corruption prevalent in business that we are seeing again today. Since then, it has found wellsprings of opportunity at times of great national crisis such as the great depression and the civil rights movement. People can agree or disagree with many of the laws, policies and constitutional amendments that were enacted during these times but one thing is for sure: there is not a single person in this country, rich or poor, that doesn't benefit from the principles that were adopted during the very few times when liberal thought held sway in America. I mean, liberals died in this country at the hands of our own police and federal troops fighting for the right to an eight-hour workday. Before that, the average work week was a 12-hour day, 6 days a week. Who is it that cared about the quality of life of average working people? Add to that women's suffrage, minority suffrage, the right to organize, rural electrification, the prohibition of child labor, workplace safety, family leave and paid time off, equal opportunity in housing, education and employment, ending segregation and prisoner leasing, WIC, food stamps, social security, medicare and medicaid, the interstate highway system...just to name a few. In fact, considering the dearth of liberal ascendancy in the annals of this nation's history, it's pretty f-ing amazing that we managed to accomplish so much. And so much that so many conservatives take for granted in this country.

07-18-2011, 04:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	So why is that liberals can't just want what they say they want? You're asking why liberals think the way they do, then you proceed to tell us why they think the way they do. Which, of course, is contrary to what they say they want. I agree with everything that filtherton says. And I will go on to add that the liberal movement in this country sprang into life in the late 19th-early 20th centuries by the very realities of an ever-widening income disparity and the greed and corruption prevalent in business that we are seeing again today. Since then, it has found wellsprings of opportunity at times of great national crisis such as the great depression and the civil rights movement. People can agree or disagree with many of the laws, policies and constitutional amendments that were enacted during these times but one thing is for sure: there is not a single person in this country, rich or poor, that doesn't benefit from the principles that were adopted during the very few times when liberal thought held sway in America. I mean, liberals died in this country at the hands of our own police and federal troops fighting for the right to an eight-hour workday. Before that, the average work week was a 12-hour day, 6 days a week. Who is it that cared about the quality of life of average working people? Add to that women's suffrage, minority suffrage, the right to organize, rural electrification, the prohibition of child labor, workplace safety, family leave and paid time off, equal opportunity in housing, education and employment, ending segregation and prisoner leasing, WIC, food stamps, social security, medicare and medicaid, the interstate highway system...just to name a few. In fact, considering the dearth of liberal ascendancy in the annals of this nation's history, it's pretty f-ing amazing that we managed to accomplish so much. And so much that so many conservatives take for granted in this country. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce