The true definition of a Liberal

[codeworks]

lib·er·al ( P ) Pronunciation Key (lbr-l, lbrl)
adj.

Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.
Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of liberalism.
Liberal Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.

Tending to give freely; generous: a liberal benefactor.
Generous in amount; ample: a liberal serving of potatoes.
Not strict or literal; loose or approximate: a liberal translation.
Of, relating to, or based on the traditional arts and sciences of a college or university curriculum: a liberal education.

 

[PatPatriot]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>free from bigotry <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
bigots of course defined by liberals,is anytime someone questions a liberal.

 

[codeworks]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Patriot:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>free from bigotry <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
bigots of course defined by liberals,is anytime someone questions a liberal.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Nope you have it stated incorrectly. A bigot is someone with narrow-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them.

hmmmm some people come to mind El RUSHBO and SEAN HANNITY are a perfect match

 

[JudgeWapner]

Code,by thta definition,I truely hope I am a Liberal.

 

[JudgeWapner]

BTW,I think many people that consider themselves to be Liberals,wouldn't fit that definition.

 

[blueedwards]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by codeworks:
.Generous in amount; ample: a liberal serving of potatoes.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

 

[codeworks]

alright Blue you got me there probably should of said "maryjane" instead of potatoes(notice the spelling Dan Quayle)

 

[noital]

Codeworks,you forgot bill o riely ,the JOESEPH GOEBBELS of good old fair and slanted.

 

[Sodium Pentethol V]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Tending to give freely <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yea after taking freely from the hard working citizen.

Don't like the ideals of working to get ahead, favor oppressive taxation and a classless society? Phucking move, the country was founded in response to tax happy jack offs like you.

 

[xpanda]

If I'm not mistaken, weren't the settlers in the US given land in exhange for moving here? Isn't that the same thing as 'tending to give freely' that you denounce so harshly?

And, just to offer up a bit of education for you, true liberals do not feel that welfare for the poor is the answer. True liberals understand the harsh correlation between socio-economic status and career/work success. Where you end up has alot to do with where you start -- it's true for those at the bottom of the social ladder, and equally as true for those at the top. People who climb from the bottom to the top, or fall from the top to the bottom, are the exceptions, not the norm. Liberal-minded ideology calls for community-based programs which help to evenly distribute opportunity not wealth.

 

[Brazil4Worldcup2002]

well said xpanda

 

[Sodium Pentethol V]

Well said?

Are you kidding me?

liberal in today's world means higher taxation, it means penalizing the guy who worked harder by taxing him more. Rememember the Boston Tea party? I work 2/5ths of my life minimum to pay taxes and if you all had your way it would even be more.

y'all perverted the word, just like you have other's such as gay.

 

[JudgeWapner]

SP,that's what it means to you.

 

[xpanda]

It will never cease to amaze me that Republicans continue to bitch about higher taxes, an effect that will worsen following the policies and spending habits of your current Republican administration. How anyone can use the 2/5ths rule to justify their contempt for taxes yet simultaneously support a $500 billion/year defence budget is amazing. One can only surmise that it is not taxes per se that these people have an issue with (although it is what they claim) but is the appropriation of taxes to causes that would put others on the same levels as themselves. Your protectionist ideology is far too self-serving to warrant significant debate.

 

[Sodium Pentethol V]

You're kidding right?

I work my whole life and 40% isn't enough? That is only on the federal level, more than half of my life if you include all the locals with outstretched palms.

You still want more?????????????

And when I don't give you more from my hard work, I am oppressing you.

Any liberal ever heard of the words personal accountabilty? If so intrduce us.

be real. keep stunting growth by taxing the amn till the point he can't pay no more.

 

[xpanda]

Do you even read the posts before you respond to them? Or did the phrase 'appropriation of taxes' leave you stumped?

 

[Sodium Pentethol V]

To all the 3rd graders out there, lemme translate.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>but is the appropriation of taxes to causes that would put others on the same levels as themselves<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I worked for every single solitary penny I have. No one put me on any level with anyone else. Try landing in the middle of Berlin, or the Guandong province unable to speak the language with your palm outstretched and see how far you get.

Phuck you go spend someone else's money, afterall that is y'all's speciality.

 

[xpanda]

You have a Republican gov't, whom I presume you support, who just spent 105 billion on a war that proved to be all for naught. And yet it is us 'spend-happy' liberals who get you all riled up. If a Dem spent 1.5 billion, the equivalent to Bush's pro-marriage fund, on an anti-bigotry fund you would be going through the roof. Do you realise what a hypocrite you are?

It is not the gov't taking your money that pisses you off. It's spending it on other people that pisses you off.

 

[Sodium Pentethol V]

Xpanda the day you post anything I do not understand will be the day the internet closes down.

Appropriation of taxation?

Yea keep on bitching and moaning about how all the social welfare programs get cut while us war mongrerers fatten our wallets.

It the meantime the continental US has now been bombed twice in teh last ten yrs, and we have had various military and embassy attacks in the same period of time.

If we were over spending on military that would not have happened, now would it?

Phuck that, social bullshit programs for lazy phucks that have zero desire to get ahead is amongst the leading causes for ruination of the greatest country the world has ever seen.

 

[Sodium Pentethol V]

Hypocrite, idiot?

Let's see now military is to protect and defend our country.

Country has been attacked numerous times lately, let's spend less.

Excellent points, do you even think about how stupid something is before regurgitating the company line?