In recent times, and probably since the beginning of time, the leftist folks have always hated those conservative, selfish bastards. I was once one of those leftist folks for a few days, and then I realized that I didn't ever like being in a category, just "one of those" as I was in the U.S. Army. I wrote sometime last year about labels and how I don't really like them, but I fit in with more liberals than I do conservatives. I like mostly the "world view" they have, though some liberals are downright hippies who would rather have an anarchy and not bathe.
But I don't think that was what I wanted to write about tonight. There was something I wanted to point out in the midst of all the Republicans saying "...it's those fucking Democrats who want to open the gates and let all the poor aliens in to eat all our food and take our jobs" and the Democrats saying "...those damn Republicans just hate all the Mexicans."
It's this (actually, it's questions):
- Which party is it that wishes for everyone in the world to be healthy and happy?
- Which one is going to get global conservation right so I don't have to invent a bubble for Anika to live in?
- Is there a party whose leaders don't lie, cheat, or steal?
- Which one accepts humans as they are?
Don't get me wrong - I'm all for the United States and its conservation, but do we have to ignore the political and social health of every other country while we do it? I believe that's why <insert name of popular terrorist organization> hates us. Well, that and we're mostly Christians.
So here we are, blasting each other with words and slashed tires. Republicans think Democrats are just a bunch of gay hippies, and Democrats think Republicans are Chevy-driving gun-toters. Or something like that. I believe President Bush, deep down, wants all conflict resolved. I think he'd really be okay if there were no wars and everyone was healthy, he could solve starvation and the spread of disease in Africa, and the world was perfect. I am willing to accept that G.W. would be fine with that, if that were all we had to worry about.
I believe this right/left bashing has to do with other issues that the two parties (in general) don't agree on. These days it's religion, the definition of life, and the definition of marriage, to sum it up. There's also the war and our involvement about the globe, but two guys wanting to get hitched gets better ratings.
This post is long enough, and I really forgot where I was going with it, so I may try to sum it up here:
The United States of America grants freedom to its citizens, and I interpret that freedom to be the liberty to choose and do whatever I want to, so long as it does not take away from someone else (okay, that leaves some gray lines, but fewer of them.) I won't really associate myself with a party because no individual fits every idea of his/her association. I am Ben: The Party of One.
Update: I just can't let this one go for some reason, but I don't want to keep babbling:
Republicans/Conservatives have their general characteristics, including, but not limited to: conserving the "American way," firearm support, support of the death penalty, opposition of abortions and homosexual marriage.
Democrats/Liberals have their general characteristics, as well, including, but not limited to: saving animals, conserving Earth, banishment of firearms and the death penalty, support of a woman's choice to abort, and the union of whomever.
The right-wing folks fight for my right to carry a firearm, but also to keep drugs out of my hand. In my opinion, that's conflicted freedom. I personally don't like guns, so I'll go witht the Liberals on that one, including the drugs. I've never even tried marijuana (hell, I can barely spell it), but I'd like to think I could if I wanted to grow it, roll it, and smoke it without the police busting down my door, marching past the arsenal of firearms, confescating my weed and throwing me in jail.
This is too complicated. Free but not free? Protected from self?
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