Me Right, You Wrong!

These two articles (What is the Liberal Left and What is its Goal? and What is Conservatism?) best illustrate that in American vernacular, the true meanings of both words ‘liberal’ and ‘conservative’ have been lost. And that’s too bad. Once upon a time, both were good and useful words. Now they exist as solely a tool to polarize average Americans, effectively separating them into two distinct categories, or teams.

This propaganda serves no good purpose. There’s plenty of this type of stuff coming from the left, too, so I’m not going to defend them, either.

In the ‘Liberal Left’ description, this especially cracked me up:

I am sure that most individuals afflicted with a liberal mindset would be unable to name any particular goal for their beliefs. It is in many ways like a religion ... a set of pre-defined attitudes and opinions by which they make decisions in life. Most often these attitudes and opinions are not of their own formation or arrived at through considered thought. Instead, they are learned from others' repeated pronouncements of them. Those making these statements often have come to learn them in the same way. Much the same as fables and Bible stories are passed down from generation to generation. Unfortunately many of the "proclaimers" are entrenched in the schools and colleges and their views are imbedded in impressionable minds not yet skilled in giving these ideas critical examination.

Interesting… A self-proclaimed American conservative — whose political peers regularly wield the power of Christianity and their version of Bible-defined morality to influence voters — trashing dogma. Hilarious. Judging from this guy’s take on conservatism, the Christian Right are wrong.

The real problem illustrated here? People don’t talk about the nuances of issues affecting most Americans. They talk about this sort of divisive ‘me right, you wrong’ crap. But in our two-party system, where Dems and Reps are forced to disagree with each other for politics sake, what can you expect anyway? Everything must be reduced to an 'either/or' argument to keep both Dems and Reps in business.