23 Jun 2020 3:57 pm
By fourputt:
What makes a liberal? I really don't know if there is a definition that addresses all issues that we have now but I like to think compassion for another human being regardless of all beliefs that other person may have or a simple willingness to look beyond. A desire for all to have a better life even if it involves giving up some of your comfort.
I used to be in agreement with a good portion of the thoughts on the other side and it took some time to realize that all those ideas where stemmed from hate pure and simple and racism played a strong part of it. I grew up in a home that maybe didn't advocate racism but it certainly didn't discourage it either. Negative remarks towards blacks, mexicans, asians were not frowned upon for the most part. I took longer than I like to admit before I started being honest with myself and the way the world is but at least my eyes opened.
Anyways conservatives seem to think just shutting the door fixes most problems while all it does is just keep it from sight for a short time and you can still hear it through the door. I see remarks all the time of zero empathy for innocent people suffering and illogical ideas to fix or remedy human tragedy, it just seems like as long as I don't have to help or be bothered is what they really want and they seem to think that cutting ourselves off from the rest of the world would be a great idea that nationalism would keep us safe from everything.
Liberalism to me is having an open mind to new ideas to improve the world we and every other living creature share, that in my mind is what needs to be understood by man from now on is we don't own the world we only share it for the brief time were upon it and there are countless lives that will need this planet also after us.
What makes a liberal? I really don't know if there is a definition that addresses all issues that we have now but I like to think compassion for another human being regardless of all beliefs that other person may have or a simple willingness to look beyond. A desire for all to have a better life even if it involves giving up some of your comfort.
I used to be in agreement with a good portion of the thoughts on the other side and it took some time to realize that all those ideas where stemmed from hate pure and simple and racism played a strong part of it. I grew up in a home that maybe didn't advocate racism but it certainly didn't discourage it either. Negative remarks towards blacks, mexicans, asians were not frowned upon for the most part. I took longer than I like to admit before I started being honest with myself and the way the world is but at least my eyes opened.
Anyways conservatives seem to think just shutting the door fixes most problems while all it does is just keep it from sight for a short time and you can still hear it through the door. I see remarks all the time of zero empathy for innocent people suffering and illogical ideas to fix or remedy human tragedy, it just seems like as long as I don't have to help or be bothered is what they really want and they seem to think that cutting ourselves off from the rest of the world would be a great idea that nationalism would keep us safe from everything.
Liberalism to me is having an open mind to new ideas to improve the world we and every other living creature share, that in my mind is what needs to be understood by man from now on is we don't own the world we only share it for the brief time were upon it and there are countless lives that will need this planet also after us.