Originally posted by: Bowfinger
Perfect example of you sticking your fingers in your ears and shouting "La la la La La La LA LA LA" every time you encounter something that you don't agree with. Believe it or not, that grey matter between your ears can be used for more than memorizing talking points.Originally posted by: Genx87
lmao perfect example of a liberals doom and gloom.Originally posted by: Bowfinger
You mean like:Originally posted by: Genx87
Take a look at the topics within this forum as a guage of happiness between the two sides.
Nothing but doom and gloom, misery, and crying from democrats.
Mostly uplifting stories from repubs or the right, which usually gets blasted with negativity by the democrats in here.
Who knows what the reason is, it just seems like democrats are pessimists about everything. They could win the lottery and manage to find a negative slant about it.Uplifting Republican stories like those? Seems to me like the Republicans are the party of gloom and doom. Every time someone mentions a tax or questions BushCo, all we hear is how the sky is falling.
- Taxes are crushing Americans / small business / corporations
- The estate tax is stealing family farms
- Social security is going to destroy America
- Welfare is destroying America (except for corporate welfare, that's good)
- Safety regulations are crushing American business
- Environmental regulations are crushing American business
- Reporting regulations are crushing American business
- Labor unions are crushing American business
- Minimum wage laws are crushing American small business
- Gays are destroying the institution of marriage
- "Liberals" are destroying America's values
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we don't allow illegal domestic spying
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we don't extend the "PATRIOT" act
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we don't stop the leaks (except for those about CIA agents specializing in WMDs)
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we make Bush obey the law
- Iran is going to nuke America if we don't attack now
- "Liberals" criticizing the Iraq war are going to let al Qaeda destroy America
- "Liberals" questioning the Bush administration are going to let al Qaeda destroy America
- "Liberals" (insert random claim here) are going to let al Qaeda destroy America
Lame. Duhvert and deflect as you must, the fact remains that these are all examples of the kinds of "gloom and doom, misery, and crying" we see from "repubs or the right". Contrary to your claim, there is gloom and doom from both sides, just with different issues.Originally posted by: Genx87
Obviously you are still learning.Originally posted by: Bowfinger
Perfect example of you sticking your fingers in your ears and shouting "La la la La La La LA LA LA" every time you encounter something that you don't agree with. Believe it or not, that grey matter between your ears can be used for more than memorizing talking points.Originally posted by: Genx87
lmao perfect example of a liberals doom and gloom.Originally posted by: Bowfinger
You mean like:Originally posted by: Genx87
Take a look at the topics within this forum as a guage of happiness between the two sides.
Nothing but doom and gloom, misery, and crying from democrats.
Mostly uplifting stories from repubs or the right, which usually gets blasted with negativity by the democrats in here.
Who knows what the reason is, it just seems like democrats are pessimists about everything. They could win the lottery and manage to find a negative slant about it.Uplifting Republican stories like those? Seems to me like the Republicans are the party of gloom and doom. Every time someone mentions a tax or questions BushCo, all we hear is how the sky is falling.
- Taxes are crushing Americans / small business / corporations
- The estate tax is stealing family farms
- Social security is going to destroy America
- Welfare is destroying America (except for corporate welfare, that's good)
- Safety regulations are crushing American business
- Environmental regulations are crushing American business
- Reporting regulations are crushing American business
- Labor unions are crushing American business
- Minimum wage laws are crushing American small business
- Gays are destroying the institution of marriage
- "Liberals" are destroying America's values
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we don't allow illegal domestic spying
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we don't extend the "PATRIOT" act
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we don't stop the leaks (except for those about CIA agents specializing in WMDs)
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we make Bush obey the law
- Iran is going to nuke America if we don't attack now
- "Liberals" criticizing the Iraq war are going to let al Qaeda destroy America
- "Liberals" questioning the Bush administration are going to let al Qaeda destroy America
- "Liberals" (insert random claim here) are going to let al Qaeda destroy America
Originally posted by: Bowfinger
You mean like:Originally posted by: Genx87
Take a look at the topics within this forum as a guage of happiness between the two sides.
Nothing but doom and gloom, misery, and crying from democrats.
Mostly uplifting stories from repubs or the right, which usually gets blasted with negativity by the democrats in here.
Who knows what the reason is, it just seems like democrats are pessimists about everything. They could win the lottery and manage to find a negative slant about it.Uplifting Republican stories like those? Seems to me like the Republicans are the party of gloom and doom. Every time someone mentions a tax or questions BushCo, all we hear is how the sky is falling.
- Taxes are crushing Americans / small business / corporations
- The estate tax is stealing family farms
- Social security is going to destroy America
- Welfare is destroying America (except for corporate welfare, that's good)
- Safety regulations are crushing American business
- Environmental regulations are crushing American business
- Reporting regulations are crushing American business
- Labor unions are crushing American business
- Minimum wage laws are crushing American small business
- Gays are destroying the institution of marriage
- "Liberals" are destroying America's values
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we don't allow illegal domestic spying
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we don't extend the "PATRIOT" act
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we don't stop the leaks (except for those about CIA agents specializing in WMDs)
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we make Bush obey the law
- Iran is going to nuke America if we don't attack now
- "Liberals" criticizing the Iraq war are going to let al Qaeda destroy America
- "Liberals" questioning the Bush administration are going to let al Qaeda destroy America
- "Liberals" (insert random claim here) are going to let al Qaeda destroy America
Originally posted by: KentState
Now there is an attack on Republicans because they are "more" happy?
Perhaps, and they are both wrong.Originally posted by: Bowfinger
Good points. I think another lies in one of the fundamental properties of conservatism vs. liberalism. By definition, conservatives tend to believe things are good the way they are, and they want to preserve them. Liberals tend to believe things can be better and want to change them.
Originally posted by: Todd33
Originally posted by: Bowfinger
Good points. I think another lies in one of the fundamental properties of conservatism vs. liberalism. By definition, conservatives tend to believe things are good the way they are, and they want to preserve them. Liberals tend to believe things can be better and want to change them.
Agreed, things like slavery, civil rights, woman sufferage, gay rights, etc. They like things the good old way - white men control all power and money.
Originally posted by: CSMR
Perhaps, and they are both wrong.Originally posted by: Bowfinger
Good points. I think another lies in one of the fundamental properties of conservatism vs. liberalism. By definition, conservatives tend to believe things are good the way they are, and they want to preserve them. Liberals tend to believe things can be better and want to change them.
Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: Todd33
Originally posted by: Bowfinger
Good points. I think another lies in one of the fundamental properties of conservatism vs. liberalism. By definition, conservatives tend to believe things are good the way they are, and they want to preserve them. Liberals tend to believe things can be better and want to change them.
Agreed, things like slavery, civil rights, woman sufferage, gay rights, etc. They like things the good old way - white men control all power and money.
Why would you even say something like that? You really believe Republicans want to bring back slavery and take away civil rights and woman sufferage? If you do...you need to re-evaluate your views about Republicans. We aren't that much different from you as you think, we just have a little bit different ideas on how to get to the same place.
Originally posted by: dimensionOFdissension
Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: Todd33
Originally posted by: Bowfinger
Good points. I think another lies in one of the fundamental properties of conservatism vs. liberalism. By definition, conservatives tend to believe things are good the way they are, and they want to preserve them. Liberals tend to believe things can be better and want to change them.
Agreed, things like slavery, civil rights, woman sufferage, gay rights, etc. They like things the good old way - white men control all power and money.
Why would you even say something like that? You really believe Republicans want to bring back slavery and take away civil rights and woman sufferage? If you do...you need to re-evaluate your views about Republicans. We aren't that much different from you as you think, we just have a little bit different ideas on how to get to the same place.
What he is saying is that you conservatives opposed those very things at every turn. I won't say Republicans because the nature of the party has changed in the last 150years but 'conservatives' were/are always opposed to social progresses like the mentioned slavery, civil rights, womens sufferage, gay rights, blacks in the military, all those things we now take for granted (exceot gay rights ).
Originally posted by: dimensionOFdissension
Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: Todd33
Originally posted by: Bowfinger
Good points. I think another lies in one of the fundamental properties of conservatism vs. liberalism. By definition, conservatives tend to believe things are good the way they are, and they want to preserve them. Liberals tend to believe things can be better and want to change them.
Agreed, things like slavery, civil rights, woman sufferage, gay rights, etc. They like things the good old way - white men control all power and money.
Why would you even say something like that? You really believe Republicans want to bring back slavery and take away civil rights and woman sufferage? If you do...you need to re-evaluate your views about Republicans. We aren't that much different from you as you think, we just have a little bit different ideas on how to get to the same place.
What he is saying is that you conservatives opposed those very things at every turn at the time they were each an issue. I won't say Republicans because the nature of the party has changed in the last 150years but 'conservatives' were/are always opposed to social progresses like the mentioned (abolition of) slavery, civil rights, women?s sufferage, gay rights, blacks in the military, all those things we now take for granted (except gay rights ).
Originally posted by: ntdz
I must ask...who was President when the slaves were emancipated? A REPUBLICAN, holy ******.
Originally posted by: ntdz
Why would you even say something like that? You really believe Republicans want to bring back slavery and take away civil rights and woman sufferage? If you do...you need to re-evaluate your views about Republicans. We aren't that much different from you as you think, we just have a little bit different ideas on how to get to the same place.
like fixing social security? welfare reform? the libs screamed bloody murder when the republicans tried to "change" anythingOriginally posted by: Todd33
Conservatives of any given period resist all change, no matter how good.
They resist civil rights? you men like trying to crush that silly racist program the dems cling to for votes called Affirmative Action?Change normally upset existing power structures, which is usually rich white guys. I never stated the current GOP wants slavery back (duh), but they do resist things like civil rights to this day.
Originally posted by: Bowfinger
Perhaps ignorance truly is bliss?
Originally posted by: Train
Democrats are unhappy because they are in constant conflict with themselves. There is no consistency across thier ideals. They probably spend too much time in a mental wrestling match trying to come to terms with the silly ideals they have decided to cling to. This would also tie in to the thread I posted a while back about republicans getting better sleep than democrats.
Originally posted by: EatSpam
Originally posted by: Train
Democrats are unhappy because they are in constant conflict with themselves. There is no consistency across thier ideals. They probably spend too much time in a mental wrestling match trying to come to terms with the silly ideals they have decided to cling to. This would also tie in to the thread I posted a while back about republicans getting better sleep than democrats.
I suppose life would be easier, and a lot less challenging, if I had a religion that told me exactly what to think and what values to hold.
I forgot the best one:Originally posted by: Bowfinger
You mean like:Originally posted by: Genx87
Take a look at the topics within this forum as a guage of happiness between the two sides.
Nothing but doom and gloom, misery, and crying from democrats.
Mostly uplifting stories from repubs or the right, which usually gets blasted with negativity by the democrats in here.
Who knows what the reason is, it just seems like democrats are pessimists about everything. They could win the lottery and manage to find a negative slant about it.Uplifting Republican stories like those? Seems to me like the Republicans are the party of gloom and doom. Every time someone mentions a tax or questions BushCo, all we hear is how the sky is falling.
- Taxes are crushing Americans / small business / corporations
- The estate tax is stealing family farms
- Social security is going to destroy America
- Welfare is destroying America (except for corporate welfare, that's good)
- Safety regulations are crushing American business
- Environmental regulations are crushing American business
- Reporting regulations are crushing American business
- Labor unions are crushing American business
- Minimum wage laws are crushing American small business
- Gays are destroying the institution of marriage
- "Liberals" are destroying America's values
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we don't allow illegal domestic spying
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we don't extend the "PATRIOT" act
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we don't stop the leaks (except for those about CIA agents specializing in WMDs)
- Al Qaeda is going to destroy America if we make Bush obey the law
- Iran is going to nuke America if we don't attack now
- "Liberals" criticizing the Iraq war are going to let al Qaeda destroy America
- "Liberals" questioning the Bush administration are going to let al Qaeda destroy America
- "Liberals" (insert random claim here) are going to let al Qaeda destroy America
I'm not religious, so your sweeping generalization doesn't apply.Originally posted by: EatSpam
Originally posted by: Train
Democrats are unhappy because they are in constant conflict with themselves. There is no consistency across thier ideals. They probably spend too much time in a mental wrestling match trying to come to terms with the silly ideals they have decided to cling to. This would also tie in to the thread I posted a while back about republicans getting better sleep than democrats.
I suppose life would be easier, and a lot less challenging and stressful, if I had a religion that told me exactly what to think and what values to hold.