Originally posted by inforeal
reply to post by The Old American
It all boils down to this what I posted to Filosophia:
You have all the right in the world to defend Alex Jones, as I have a right to denounce him as I see fit.
Of course you have that right. You can say he slept with his best friend's dog if you want to. But without actual proof, it's an opinion. So, again,
you haven't exposed anything.
It does boil down to what people call progressive versus conservative values.
Progressive values in today’s world revolve around helping and assisting ALL human beings on all levels as much as is possible. They desire to feed
the hungary and clothed the naked and install political systems that benefit ALL of the people not the few amongst the rich and powerful.
Wow, it's not that you've drunk the Kool-Aid, it's that you haven't drunk enough. Progressives have done more to harm minorities than
conservatives could ever think of doing. Keeping minorities poor and impoverished makes sure that they are pitied and docile.
I know that's what
I would want. Nothing like a big helping of pity to keep my day fresh and exciting, not to mention making me feel all warm
and fuzzy about myself!
Indeed the very essence of what Buddha taught, what Jesus taught and what Muhammad taught about charity and goodness and decency and love thy
neighbor and help those in need and those in distress and to build a society based on justice for all.
You really think Buddha, and Jesus, and Muhammad would point a gun to my head and order me to give my possessions to someone else? The taking of ones
possessions by force or coercion is not charity, it's extortion. How is that anything at all what was taught by them?
Whereas conservative values concentrate on a distorted idea of freedom. An Ayn Rand philosophy of do whatever you want or whatever you can get
away with.
The conservative philosophy of today characterized by the philosophy of the Republican and Tea party believes in the right of the elite wealthy to do
what they please within the society regardless of how ill it affects the masses of the people.
Taking that spoon-feeding well, I see! How's that taste? Like bile, maybe? Ayn Rand's philosophy is not "do whatever you want or whatever you can
get away with". It's more along the lines of "be responsible for your own actions". Forcing one to give to another is, again, extortion. Sounds to
me like conservatives are the ones championing liberty.
IMO it is a selfish philosophy of ethno-centric selfishness: my race, my nation, my self, that is antithetical to most ethical and spiritual
values that humans prize, and put us avove the lowest part of our nature.
You're right: progressives are ethno-centric: anyone but whites must prosper. Great bunch of humanitarians, there.
You can choose the values you like; I choose the values of the best part of the human spirit on all levels, including politics where we can go
the way of the selfish or the way of the generous as best we can, that revolves around love, compassion, empathy, and justice for all
My values are protecting life, all life, by ending wars by the progressives on minorities. Not to mention our progressive president's wars on the
brown people of the Middle East. I see a pattern here!
My values are personal responsibility, and keeping the fruits of my labor for me and my family.
My values are giving to charity, helping the poor, and assisting the needy, but on
my terms and how
I think my budget can handle it, not
what
you think I can afford.
But people like you, with your unwavering support of OWS, show me that you think you're owed something because...what...you screwed up one time? You
signed a contract for loan you knew you couldn't afford, you lost a job that you think you had a right to, you make a wage that you think you're too
good for? And you want
me to pay for it?
That's how children think. They're used to being taken care of. Well, it's time to grab your big-boy pants, put them on and, just once, accept
responsibility for your own failings. Nobody but you is responsible for you. The faster you and those snot-noses at OWS realize that, then
real
change can take hold.
/TOA