Evolution of Liberalism

[P J C]

Some think it's a sickness, and some think it's a form of plain stupidity. Quite frankly it has something to do with those things. But, the extreme liberalism is a rebellion. It started in the early 70s around the Vietnamese war. Liberalism is basically a form of rebellion. The Vietnamese war up cry was around 40 years ago. Which means that that generation of "bitter teenagers" have grown up now and are infesting the United States political scene. In the 70s most older people had fairly conservative points of veiw. The children of that era (Who are now adults) detested authority. So they rebelled against their parents (conservatives). Due to the fact they were being drafted to a war. So naturally anything the parent (conservative) would say, they would disagree with. It carried all the way over to current politics. Liberalism is built off of being AGAINST instead of FOR. You see, it is always easier to detest something than come up with your own issues that you are FOR. The point is that liberalism is fueled off of opposing conservatism. They are a bunch of rebellious little kids that became adults and are involved in politics. That's my thesis on liberalism.



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PJC!

[Rubystars]

I think this whole liberal movement is demonic, how do we fight it? How do we stop it? Obama is rushing toward the presidency like an angry rhino that no one can stop. Even if we stop him how do we keep him and his ilk out of the white house?

[zachor_ve_kavod]

Some think it's a sickness, and some think it's a form of plain stupidity. Quite frankly it has something to do with those things. But, the extreme liberalism is a rebellion. It started in the early 70s around the Vietnamese war. Liberalism is basically a form of rebellion. The Vietnamese war up cry was around 40 years ago. Which means that that generation of "bitter teenagers" have grown up now and are infesting the United States political scene. In the 70s most older people had fairly conservative points of veiw. The children of that era (Who are now adults) detested authority. So they rebelled against their parents (conservatives). Due to the fact they were being drafted to a war. So naturally anything the parent (conservative) would say, they would disagree with. It carried all the way over to current politics. Liberalism is built off of being AGAINST instead of FOR. You see, it is always easier to detest something than come up with your own issues that you are FOR. The point is that liberalism is fueled off of opposing conservatism. They are a bunch of rebellious little kids that became adults and are involved in politics. That's my thesis on liberalism.



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PJC!

There is a great deal of truth to this, but I think you left out something which is very important.  The liberalism of today, which is the descendant of the anti-war liberalism in the late 1960s, is different from the pre-Johnson liberalism of the 1950s and 40s.  The anti-war liberalism still espoused by college professors and modern leftists is very closely related to communism as it was the communists who were originally responsible for poisoning the minds of the young people.  This happened as a reaction to the war in Vietnam.  It is not a coincidence that the same people America was fighting was responsible for brewing dissention at home.