Why liberalism sucks[views:2564][posts:18]_________________________________________ [Aug 21,2008 4:54pm - Conservationist ""] When I saw the liberal paradise that is Austin, I realized that liberalism is basically parasitism. "If someone has x, and I don't, I deserve it, and I'll force them to share with social guilt"; after seeing that, and the complete social havoc -- where good people were not only ignored but socially persecuted, and vapid whores predominated and suffocated art and culture with their lies -- I left Austin and liberalism behind. (There may be an honest liberalism. To me, when I was a liberal, it meant not allowing big pointless entities to rule over people in destructive ways. I'm thinking about all the people who got dicked over by their stupid jobs, all the toxic waste dumped into rivers, all the junk products that just ended up in landfills, all the overdeveloped areas where forests were sacrificed, etc. For me, liberalism meant restraining humanity's appetite with common sense. I soon learned that if you oppose power, however, you soon get people who oppose power for power's sake because they're powerless. They have no power in life and no control over their own appetites, so they hate anything that resembles power, but since they're weak, they don't attack directly but through whining. I was a classical liberal, which meant treat people fairly. That philosophy however decays un-gracefully into revenge for the underdog, hatred of excellence, and desire to turn the world into one uniform Safe(tm) place. I realized quickly how this plays into the hands of our leaders. It distracts our best people and sends them off to defend those who have failed at life, and then the activists in turn fail at life, so they spent their time fighting for the right to fail. It's a sick cycle but easily avoidable if you think it through: the problem isn't power, but people in power without a clue, and they're in power because all the failed people want pleasant illusions instead of reality. So if you're an honest liberal, don't take this column as a personal attack, or a political statement. I'm pointing out how liberalism commonly decays into self-importance, hipsterism and other problems, not trying to assault the emotional or psychological impetus behind liberal thinking.) Austin is the hipster capital of the world, in many ways. I've been to Seattle and to San Francisco, to L.A. (Silver Lake) and to Mizzoula, MT, all of which are hipster-havens. But Austin hipsters have the city locked down. Under the guise of fighting the man, you're supposed to be weird and freaky and do whatever the man doesn't expect. But you go back to work the next day, having learned nothing. It's a good town to work food service until you're 42 and then become a regular, bitter writer on Alternet.org. http://www.anus.com/metal/about/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=41 |
| _____________________________ [Aug 21,2008 6:25pm - pam ""] tits of gtfo |
| ____________________________________________ [Aug 21,2008 6:31pm - ConquerTheBaphomet ""] There is a lot of cunt flapping from this guy, isn't there? |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 21,2008 6:53pm - Conservationist ""] pam said:tits of gtfo Right back at you. |
| _______________________________ [Aug 21,2008 8:21pm - benfo ""] GET EMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| _____________________________ [Aug 21,2008 8:29pm - pam ""] Conservationist said: pam said:tits of gtfo Right back at you. I already have some. They're fabulous. |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 21,2008 9:05pm - Conservationist ""] pam said: Conservationist said: pam said:tits of gtfo Right back at you. I already have some. They're fabulous. Me too. But you can't see. |
| ____________________________________________ [Aug 21,2008 9:06pm - ConquerTheBaphomet ""] MOOBS!!! |
| _________________________________ [Aug 21,2008 9:07pm - oscarct ""] I thought this thread was going to be about why librarians suck. Apparently I misread it. |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 21,2008 9:07pm - Conservationist ""] ConquerTheBaphomet said:MOOBS!!! You own a Mac. You can see 'em, if you meet me at the Electric Oyster Bar in Weymouth. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 22,2008 12:44pm - orgymf@work ""] most "liberals" these days are just complete hypocrites who are utterly full of shit! they scream for freedom of speech, until you say something that offends them. they call you a racist if you laugh at (or make) a black joke but they laugh at/pander to talentless blacks (posing as comedians) who do nothing but spew hatred at white people and call it a joke (i'm not talking about good black comics, like pryor, murphy or sheridan, i'm talking about racist, talentless black men who can't find a real job) but then again, most conservatives/republicans these days don't stay true to their roots either (non-interventionalism, constitutionalism etc.) i kind of hate both sides. i'm just an asshole |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 22,2008 2:49pm - Conservationist ""] orgymf@work said:most conservatives/republicans these days don't stay true to their roots either (non-interventionalism, constitutionalism etc.) I agree. I think I could support conservatives if they conserved something. |
| __________________________________ [Aug 22,2008 2:54pm - brian_dc ""] yeah, pretty much everyone is a gaping faggot these days |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 22,2008 3:29pm - Conservationist ""] I like life. I think we should choose something better and move forward. This whole society is so confused, backward-looking and neurotic. We can make more of life than this. |
| ____________________________________________ [Aug 22,2008 7:40pm - ConquerTheBaphomet ""] Conservationist said: ConquerTheBaphomet said:MOOBS!!! You own a Mac. You can see 'em, if you meet me at the Electric Oyster Bar in Weymouth. Nope, no Mac owning here. |
| __________________________________________ [Aug 23,2008 12:16am - Conservationist ""] But what about our relationship? |
| ________________________________ [Aug 23,2008 12:56am - Hoser ""] They suck because they cater to the weak. I have an idea...you pay taxes based on your political views. Let's see how many dem fags become "liberal" conservs after that. Guaranteed, like every liberal, if it affects my pocket WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA They will fight that too...selfish cunts. Crybaby pussies. |
| _________________________________ [Aug 23,2008 1:12am - sxealex ""] HAVE A WIKIPEDIA PASTE YA TWATS Republicanism is the value system of governance that has been a major part of American civic thought since the American Revolution. It stresses liberty and rights as central values, makes the people as a whole sovereign, rejects aristocracy and inherited political power, expects citizens to be independent and calls on them to perform civic duties, and is strongly opposed to corruption. Liberalism emphasizes individual rights and equality of opportunity. Different forms of liberalism may propose very different policies, but they are generally united by their support for a number of principles, including extensive freedom of thought and speech, limitations on the power of governments, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market or mixed economy, and a transparent system of government.[2] All liberals — as well as some adherents of other political ideologies — support some variant of the form of government known as liberal democracy, with open and fair elections, where all citizens have equal rights by law. |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 23,2008 5:11am - Conservationist ""] Democracy = the biggest group wins (dumbshits) Freedom = illusion that you are safe from gov't Liberal democracy = the nation state, crushing all culture and making way for unbridled commerce |