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The Difference Between Liberals and Leftists
Posted by Raven on December 23rd, 2004
I really didn’t know there was a difference! I suspect there are more and more leftists now a days than there are real liberals. If you’re a liberal and you’re reading this, do you see yourself here?
Liberals fly the American flag. Leftists burn it.
Liberals see America as the land of opportunity and freedom. Leftists see America as the bastion of Imperialism, Racism, and Oppression.
Liberals want higher taxes on the rich because it’s fairer to the middle and working classes. Leftists want to soak the rich out of class hatred.
Liberals want universal access to health care while leaving the system as market-driven as possible. Leftists would destroy the health care industry altogether and replace it with a state-run monopoly.
Liberals want to ban clear-cutting. Leftists want to ban the logging industry.
Liberals support globalization and trade and see it as an opportunity for economic growth and also as an opportunity to boost labor and environmental standards in the Third World. Leftists hate trade because they think it’s all about the West raping the rest.
Liberals blame the September 11 attacks on religious and political extremism in the Middle East. Leftists blame the September 11 attacks on America.
Liberals root for success in Iraq whether they supported the invasion or not. Leftists hope (either publicly or secretly) that America will lose and “learn a lesson.”
Liberals support the right of Israel to defend itself. Leftists support the Palestinian intifada.
Liberals support the troops. Leftists support the Iraqi Baathist resistance and put “terrorism” in sneer quotes.
Liberals support mainstream Democratic Party candidates in primary elections. Leftists support fringe candidates or a third party (Communists, Socialists, or Greens) to the left of the Democrats.
Liberals who marched against the Iraq war are disturbed by the Stalinism of the rally organizers in International ANSWER. Leftists view ANSWER as comrades or are unmoved by its agenda.
December 23rd, 2004 at 6:30 pm
Where did you get that? The definition of ‘liberal’ is not, in fact what they really are. The leftists are very intolerant of people with faith, for example. I always lumped them together. How interesting!
You do know, of course, that the socialists are actively working within the democratic party, as was suggested by the socialist Paul Berman. This is just a smoke screen. I don’t believe there is a difference at all.
December 23rd, 2004 at 6:38 pm
:mrgreen:He he I am trying to see if any “liberal/leftists” respond to this. I got this at some lefty blog written by a lefty who voted for Bush this time.
December 23rd, 2004 at 7:28 pm
Actually, many “liberals” today ARE leftists and they are proud of it. There is a very fine line between being a leftist and being Anti American; hopefully someday being so will equal treason. As far as I am concerned,from what I read at the lefty blogs and some of the attitudes/rants I get here, liberals are downright Anti American. They are a threat to this country.