Okay - a little controversy for a Thursday: Being a Democrat (i.e. “progressive”) means living with some major disconnects in thinking.
(Note: These aren’t mine - they were sent to me by a friend)
1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand.
2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.
3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese and North Korean communists.
4. You have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding.
5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical documented changes in the earth’s climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV’s.
6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial but being homosexual is natural.
7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding.
8. You have to believe that the same teacher who can’t teach 4th-graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.
9. You have to believe that hunters don’t care about nature, but activists who have never been outside of San Francisco do.
10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.
11. You have to believe that Mel Gibson spent $25 million of his own money to make The Passion of the Christ for financial gain only.
12. You have to believe the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain parts of the Constitution.
13. You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high.
14. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, Gen. Robert E. Lee, Thomas Edison & A.G. Bell.
15. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides are not.
16. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn’t worked anywhere it’s been tried is because the right people haven’t been in charge.
17. You have to believe conservatives telling the truth belong in jail, but a liar and a sex offender belonged in the White House.
18. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag, transvestites, and bestiality should be constitutionally protected, and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal.
19. You have to believe that illegal Democratic Party funding by the Chinese Government is somehow in the best interest to the United States.
20. You have to believe that it’s okay to give Federal workers off on Christmas Day but it’s not okay to say “Merry Christmas.”
H/T to B.W.
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March 30th, 2006 at 8:56 am
This is GREAT. Each statement is good but I especially loved the last one. You can now add Easter to the list. Here in Atlanta at one of the malls they actually have the “Spring Bunny” instead of the “Easter Bunny”. I just cannot understand why it is NOT OK to offend non-Christians but it IS OK to offend Christians.
March 30th, 2006 at 9:31 am
March 30th, 2006 at 9:35 am
Great, great list! So true!
March 30th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
Well, that settles it.
I’m a member of the MMI party (Me, Myself and I). I find contradictions all over the place, so I’m not affliated with ANY political party. It’s just not worth it.
That said, it was a great list. Especially the one about self-esteem. Because you know they don’t.
March 30th, 2006 at 4:07 pm
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