By Erich Vieth on November 28th, 2008
Ten myths conservatives believe about progressives
This list by Sara Robinson is especially well-conceived and written. Based on my own personal experience, these are, indeed, “Ten Myths Conservatives Believe About Progressives.” Here are the myths Robinson tackles:
1. Liberals hate America.
2. Liberals want to leave us defenseless in the face of evildoers around the world.
3. Liberals hate the free market.
4. Liberals hate our troops.
5. Liberals are a bunch of elitists who hate decent working- and middle-class Americans.
6. Liberals are against “family values.”
7. Liberals want to raise our taxes.
8. Liberals are Godless—and therefore, amoral.
9. Liberals don’t believe in personal responsibility.
10. Liberals are wimps.
Karl writes:—”The crux of the matter, as I see it, is when does the learning process stagnate for a society or an individual? When does the learning curve go flat line?
This is where every society and individual must come to grips with what it means to try to get beyond poor or wrong choices. Constantly choosing to lower the standards to include more and more wrong choices as if there were no consequences does not resolve the real issue.”
Absolutely. I am in total agreement.
The difference between us is, I believe, that what you see as lowering standards I see as taking down artificial barriers. A matter of interpretation.
So how does one decide which standards are artifical barriers?
Individually, at some level of collectivism or by some combination of natural law superimposed upon written case law?
When you erect a barrier to prevent certain people from sharing in common practice based solely on the observation that they are different than you are, it’s a safe bet that is an artificial barrier.
What is the common practice based upon? Natural law, or societal convention. With your definition, some number of people must be required to define the common practice. This then enables any number of people to also decide what in their perspective is not common but should be common.
This leaves your society totally subject to the will those who are uncommon as mush as the common. If all I want is to obtain a bail out I refuse to recognize the real consequences for my ideas and behavior.
If enough people want to have the government to supply for their needs and wishes then we might as well recognize that the end of our civilization is at hand.
Look at history, that mindset is fatal to the people who hold to it.