On 9/22/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I say the exact opposite - it's "elitist" that's meant to say, > "they're our of touch and don't understand you but I'm a normal Joe > just like you." > > The addition of liberal is meant to appeal to a particular > demographic. I don't think liberal is a bad word to everyone, just > those that think of themselves as "conservatives"
Actually, I think "liberal" became a dirty word as a result of the (republican sponsored) shift of focus from governmental practice to social agenda. In the past, you were a liberal if you were for expanded social programs, for instance. Today, a "liberal" is someone who wants unrestricted drug use, human-animal weddings, and hard core porn on network TV. It's an affective way to smear because moving ideas out of the operational realm and into the social tends to introduce more passion. Tell someone you want expanded social programs, they may politely disagree with you....tell them you want gay marriage, they may have a coronary on the spot. I'm a proud social liberal - I want the gov't in a little of our lives > as possible. But I'm also a proud fiscal conservative - I want a > small federal gov't, and low taxes. I want as little government intervention as possible, but in today's political climate, I can't use the word "liberal" to describe that. Hell, that used to be described as "conservative"....who knows what it is today...."common sense" maybe? Put another way, I'm part of the libertarian wing of the Republican > party; the old wing. The new wing is the George Bush > catholic-inspired social activist party. This is the side that raises > gov't spending to contribute to AIDS in Africa while also preventing > Gays from marrying. > > I don't think W is Catholic. Are you referring to the influence of the RC church and/or the Pope??? -- "We can sit outside and argue all night long, about a God we've never seen, but who never fails to side with me." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:215833 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
