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No, most liberals I know think they are moderates. Those far enough removed to admit they aren't moderate are far enough left that they're nowhere near the middle.
What's the litmus test, in your opinion, for being slightly liberal?
It's a stupid ****ing saying.
It's a label you have given yourself, maybe you should define it.
yet we wonder why society continues to drift into the trash can.
Not really, given the deterioration of the country that liberals moan about the conservative can just point at these statistics and say "told ya so."
This is on par with progressives cheering the increasing progressive lean of the American public school system over the last 40 years while also decrying the piss poor performance of American schools.
Most of these don't surprise me. The US has been shifting left on social issues for a long time... and to the benefit of all people with the exception of rigid reactionary extreme right wingers. What I find interesting is that as social issues have gone left, these social issues have allowed more personal freedom for people... something that extreme right wingers often claim is the hallmark of their position. It is not surprising that we see hypocrisy from that extreme portion of the conservative block.
The two that surprised me were suicide and abortion. I was surprised to see the moral support for suicide go up and for the moral support for abortion go up only slightly.
No, most liberals I know think they are moderates. Those far enough removed to admit they aren't moderate are far enough left that they're nowhere near the middle.
So, more proof of the Moral Decline of the US. Clearly our time is limited as with any Democracy when the voting public becomes morally decayed. It is a clear sign of the spread of a pandemic of selfishness and the placement of personal hedonistic desires, or even materialistic desires, above morality. We are now and have been becoming a nation of instant gratification, whether good or evil, and of "what's in it for me" for a long while now. How much time do we have left? God only knows and he hasn't been directly speaking to us for awhile (Since we nailed his son to a cross, go figure).
yet has been around since the 1800's. it is actually pretty intelligent.
The republicans need to change their stance on gay marriage and fast because they will lose a large portion of the young vote.
They should change their perspective, but not because of the young vote. They should do it at the very least because the persons that are likely to vote, donate, and organize are increasingly becoming in favor of it. Young people have almost never made the difference for a Party. Liberals for a while tried to say that young people made the difference in '08 and '12, but there was substantial evidence mounted which showed that a lot of individual pieces fell together to make the difference more than young people. Young people are not good indicators for power shifts, in large part, because they do not vote. Liberals had to learn that lesson in 1968 and in 1972, and they will have to continue to be reminded of that in the early 20th century.
Young people do have the tendency to get older.
They should change their perspective, but not because of the young vote. They should do it at the very least because the persons that are likely to vote, donate, and organize are increasingly becoming in favor of it. Young people have almost never made the difference for a Party. Liberals for a while tried to say that young people made the difference in '08 and '12, but there was substantial evidence mounted which showed that a lot of individual pieces fell together to make the difference more than young people. Young people are not good indicators for power shifts, in large part, because they do not vote. Liberals had to learn that lesson in 1968 and in 1972, and they will have to continue to be reminded of that in the early 20th century.
We do?
Skies fallin' huh?
That's your test of intelligence? How long something's been around? You must worship the intellect of incestuous behavior then.
But only carry portions of their political views over time and only vote once older. The Republican Party will adapt with the times, even if reluctantly. Young people will not be the driving force for that.
Wouldn't it be better if it was realised and accepted that life-long coupling isn't 'normal' behaviour for all humans? Western society has made it the norm, or rather the expectation of it has become the norm. To me that's an unrealistic and an unhealthy norm to attempt to impose. The ending of a relationship is always going to be a difficult time in anyone's life, but the pervasive myth of 'till death us do part' is just that for a very large proportion of the population. To my mind the more 'moral' approach would be to make getting married a lot more difficult and a lot less profitable - no state-bestowed financial benefits should accrue - and divorce should be come a lot less stigmatised and legalised. As everyone knows, the involvement of lawyers practically guarantees an acrimonious, stressful and bank-breaking separation.
I go to a huge high school in a southern state and even my most conservative friends identify as socially liberal. I often hear the phrase "I'm fiscally conservative and socially liberal so I'm a libertarian". Despite them not know what a libertarian is, they line up on the left socially. The republicans need to change their stance on gay marriage and fast because they will lose a large portion of the young vote.
Go vote for the democrats if you don't like the Republican platform
That's kind of the point.
as the saying goes.
If You Are Not a Liberal at 25, You Have No Heart. If You Are Not a Conservative at 35 You Have No Brain.
yet we wonder why society continues to drift into the trash can.
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