Reply #9: Good observation [View All]

[kwolf68]

This follows the decades long recipe of what I would call “association of labeling.”

Essentially, the Republican machine has gone out of its way to couch ANYTHING and EVERYTHING purported to be “Liberal” in nature corrupt, inefficient, extreme, unpatriotic, socialist, evil and dangerous.

Simply mentioning the word “Liberal” and tossing it at a candidate, group or issue and you may as well have the scarlet letter on your chest.

This form of name calling allows the Republicans to “win” a debate without discussing the issues/ideas. They simply yell, “Liberal” in hopes to scare the ignorant masses back into their caves or better yet to the voting polls to pull the lever for right-wingers.

The only way to combat this is NOT to run from the word Liberal, but to DEFEND it head on. And go in one further and expose the ideas COUNTER (likely Conservative) the Liberal idea.

Paul Wellstone wasn’t scare to do this and I believe in time with his leadership he would have championed a “new school” Liberal movement in this nation, that while being innovative and unique in its approach still a variation of the classic Liberalism that brought us social justice, womens suffrage, workers rights, civil rights, clean environment, truth in advertising laws, child labor laws, etc., etc.

The greatest Liberals of our time? Ghandi, Jesus Christ, FDR
The greatest Conservatives of our time? Ronald Regan and Cotton Mather