Reply #8: Nonsense. [View All]

[TahitiNut]

"Those are the goals of liberalism - liberals want to be liked, approved of, and agreed with, and the have an itch to morally reform the people."

It seems the confusion regarding emotional codependency and political ideology is rampant. As a politically liberal individual, let me say with as much clarity as I can muster that I adopt my political viewpoint out of a sense of ethics that has almost nothing to do with seeking approval or being liked and everything to do with a commitment to my own sense of ethics and my opinion of myself.

More succinctly: Compared to my opinion of myself, your opinion of me is nearly inconsequential. That's your problem, not mine.


The notion that we adopt some ethical viewpoint based on the approval of people who may, in fact, be psychologically ill is itself a kind of insanity - even if those people are family or friends. The "average" mental/emotional health of individuals in our society is NOT good. Indeed, if the last eight years of general elections show anything, it's that we're a nation of emotionally codependent neurotics.