@Lestow, not sure who you are addressing with this monster post but let me chime in.
I've skimmed through it and I can see some pretty questionable reasoning in there. Particularly, your rather naive view of what constitutes liberalism.
When I finish my vacation next week I'll educate you on the subject of political ideologies. Just want to be helpful 👆:
Carry on and have a nice day 😉
Again, no specifics, so until next week, I'll consider your post irrelevant. BTW, you clearly don't know what liberalism is. It's rooted in promoting civil liberties, hence the name. Just like conservatives want to fight progressive change to conserve the status quo (aka the 50's WASP paradise status quo), hence their name. So yeah, after your vacay, you need to read up on those ideologies you claim to know. Enjoy the mountains though.
Anyways, bring on the Rubio pain train. And Christie has become the Theon Greyjoy of American politics. Let's all just take a moment to point and laugh at the self destruction of the GOP. This is what 8 years of obstructionism, pandering to racists, and terrorist-level (threatening to collapse the economy and shut down the government) political extremism get you.
Originally posted by Lestov16
Lol at trying to paint the left wing as fascist. Liberals aren't the ones talking about forcibly relocating/banning over 23 million people/over 1/3 of the world population based on their religion and nationality.Also, Liberals aren't the ones sucking up to Putin, Assad, and even Kim Jong Un.
Nor are liberals the ones who have racist homophobic duck hunters promoting them at campaign events.
Nor are liberals the ones promoting familicidal war crimes (admittedly, I don't mind the idea of torturing ISIS terrorists as punishment. Phuck those pricks. But their families?).
Nor are liberals actively being referred to as Nazi-like by Holocaust survivors.
Nor are liberals the ones who promote violence at their rallies.
Nor are liberals the ones making the U.S. the laughingstock of the world, to the point that the UK, one of our closest and most important allies, are having executive cabinet meetings to discuss banning entrance
Nor are the liberals the ones who held the government and economy hostage to stop a healthcare program that, despite the fearmongering, has not destroyed the U.S.
Nor are liberals the ones coming up with Jade Helm conspiracy theories that end up being completely unfounded
Nor are liberals the ones who believe a photo of a woman giving a Nazi salute is a Sanders supporter before fact checking
Nor are liberals the ones who outright say in speeches that they love uneducated ignorance
Nor are liberals the ones who stopped a bill to provide aid to veterans purely to spite Obama
Nor are liberals the ones so reviled that people come out in the THOUSANDS to protest against them
So yeah, take a look at the right wing before you start criticizing the left. Because you say you want to make America great again, and yet Trump and the GOP has now made America the ultimate mockery in the view of both the American public and the world.
You do know that liberalism really means is that you advocate social progress for egalitarianism and human rights? The U.S. is a liberal democracy because our civil liberties are the most protected rights of the Constitution. Quite simply, liberals are humanitarians. We hate dehumanization and want to see everyone get treated equally under the golden rule rather than be socially stratified by darwinistic capitalism (and this is the liberal belief on capitalism: Just like religion, there's nothing wrong with it until it is used to exploit others and violate human rights). Liberals are not socialists. We just desire for everyone to have government-provided access to healthcare and education (which are basic human rights which everyone deserves to have regardless of economic status) and basic livable wages to afford food, clothing, shelter, utilities, transportation, and, if affordable, consumerist luxuries.As far as welfare is concerned, nobody on the left or right likes welfare moochers and their should be restrictions on them, but to eliminate such programs entirely and things like Social Security (which would be the ULTIMATE PHUCK YOU to the labor workforce of the past half century) would be disastrous to the public.
As far as guns, we don't want a complete disarmament gun ban like the right suggests, just military grade weapons, which neither civilians nor police should be wielding. Unless you are in an action movie running from a mercenary team, there's no reason you need an assault rifle for self defense.
So this is what it means to be liberalYou do know that all conservatism really means is that you are afraid of social change aka social progress and want to keep the status quo? Yeah, that's not going to happen. The world is changing and becoming more diverse, tolerant, and egalitarian. It's the 21st century and you still want the idyllic WASP paradise of the 50's. I'm sorry but that era is GONE. You can't fight change, because change is a juggernaut, and any attempt will just lead to self destruction, as shown with the chaotic FUBAR cluster**** that is the GOP party right now.
Interestingly, Trump has left wing views on healthcare and social security. He doesn't identify himself as left or right wing. He's pretty much a political party unto himself that just happens to have the GOP logo. So if he has admittedly liberal views, are you willing to admit that by proxy you also have left wing views?
Anyways, who's ready to watch the downfall of Rubio?
Just wanted to add to this, liberals also aren't the ones who are getting denounced by foreign heads of state and The Pope
Originally posted by Stigma
@Lestow, not sure who you are addressing with this monster post but let me chime in.I've skimmed through it and I can see some pretty questionable reasoning in there. Particularly, your rather naive view of what constitutes liberalism.
When I finish my vacation next week I'll educate you on the subject of political ideologies. Just want to be helpful 👆:
Carry on and have a nice day 😉
He thinks he is the ultimate guru in online debates too btw.
Two huge posts full of facts. Read them.
Anyways, I like this:http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/marco-rubio-makes-sure-his-campaign-dies-dignity
Rubio knows he's losing tonight so he essentially gave a rather dignified final speech. At least he won't be remembered like Christie, who has essentially destroyed his entire political career by dealing with the devil.
Wrong again, Christie is a sitting governor and might become VP or attorney general. Rubio isn't on the ballot for senate re election.
He showed up to the senate and immediately started campaigning to be president, hence his awful numbers in Florida.
Rubio has destroyed his political career and Christie will go on.
Just because MSNBC writes something does not make it factual or based in reality.
I actually disagree with you..Rubio's last speech to me was the utter opposite of dignified. He essentially pulled a "well since I'm out here's what I REALLY think of America" and then spouted the same shit about America and Trump that everyone else does. This is equivalent to when a couple breaks up and one of them begins listing all the things they hated about their partner, but had never mentioned before.
You say he won't be remembered in the way Christie is. The problem I think is he won't be remembered much at all. He's not memorable and his final speech didn't drop any ground breaking revelations on us.
The only good thing is he didn't repeat the speech 18 times.
Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Well he got his "facts" from MSNBC, what can you expect. Rubio is out of the senate and out of a presidential campaign. His own wife and children said they were ashamed of him for his behavior. His kids said they were embarrassed at school.
I also wonder if..if Rubio was as passionate during his campaign as he was during this "dignified" speech maybe he wouldn't of lost. Well no he would of lost, but he might of made a better run at it.
We want politicians who will tell us what they really think. Except we want them to do it all the time, not just on their way out the damn door. So ta ta Lil Rubio.
Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Well he got his "facts" from MSNBC, what can you expect. Rubio is out of the senate and out of a presidential campaign. His own wife and children said they were ashamed of him for his behavior. His kids said they were embarrassed at school.
Excuse me? When did I say Rubio had a political future? When did I say that "fact"?
You said he will be remembered, no, he wont..he's a loser and America does not like losers.
And you did right here.
Originally posted by Lestov16
Two huge posts full of facts. Read them.
They are not facts because you quote a MSNBC article..facts don't exist that way just because someone decides to write them down and you believe them.