I am a bleeding heart liberal and damn proud of it

[rbrnmw]

We need more bleeding heart liberals

[DURHAM D]

1. Same here.

Always have been, always will be.

[BOG PERSON]

2. liberalism already has unchallenged supremacy

it needs to be cnfronted with the contradictions it creates.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

12. That makes no sense at all.

Care to explain?

[BOG PERSON]

16. how can i explain something that makes no sense ?

if i had said that a red traffic light means "go" and fish fly south in the winter, and you asked me to explain why, how would i do this?

[WinkyDink]

18. Uh... because you constructed your own sentences? Are you saying you wrote gibberish?

I might agree, but......

[BOG PERSON]

19. it's not gibberish

but laying out the entire history of liberalism as the ideology of capitalism is way too much effort for me and would be completely unrewarding

[UnrepentantLiberal]

21. Liberalism is the ideology of capitalism?

I'm getting a Lyndon LaRouche vibe here.

[BOG PERSON]

22. well see ?

there you go . communication b/w the nonsensical person and the sensible person is pointless. no common ground.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

20. Someone said somthing similar to that today.

I gave them a quarter.

[BOG PERSON]

23. lol u're pretty smug for somebody that doesn't know anything

about anything

[OriginalGeek]

3. I thought this was interesting from Wiki:

(emphasis mine)

A bleeding heart is an informal label applied to someone regarded as excessively sympathetic, liberal in a political sense, or both. It is typically considered a derogatory remark. Etymologically, the term originated as a Christ reference, originally the bleeding heart under a cross, representing the sufferings of Jesus crucified.

The party that claims a mandate from God to take back this country for him thinks his son is a good insult to hurl at the other side.

Even as an atheist, I'm proud to be a bleeding heart liberal.

[SunSeeker]

14. Great post. Thanks!

So now I know when I am condescendingly accused of being a bleeding heart liberal, I'll know they are basically saying I'm Christ-like. And what does that make them? Roman-like? Devil-like? That aughta chap their hide!

[WinkyDink]

17. "Satanic" has always worked for me.

[Scuba]

4. Dirt-loving, tree-hugging, commie pinko.

[geckosfeet]

5. I am as well.

But I have no problem drawing blood (figuratively and/or literally should the situation require it) from any RW asshole.

[Odd Won Out]

6. No Fox News 12 step program in fear, ignorance, and cynicism

will change me from empathizing with those less fortunate.

Reagan would say "bleeding heart liberal" with such contempt, it made America feel like it was a character flaw to care about others.

Still waiting for that meme to die. I bet Jeebus is, too.

[lunatica]

7. So am I

And I'm also a Socialist Democrat

[pansypoo53219]

8. no,we need fire-breathing strong liberals.

the kind that believes in the better path. fuck it, i am a socialist in democratic clothing.

[tjdee]

9. It's really not an insult to me, in any way.

I'll tell anyone who listens that it's what I am.

And I'm pretty damn awesome.

No one seems to have a problem with it.

[Motown_Johnny]

10. bleeding hearts

[DavidDvorkin]

11. Hear, hear!

[UnrepentantLiberal]

13. Yo...

[WinkyDink]

15. Likewise. But I draw the line at fawning over a Romney family photo (another thread).

[LWolf]

24. Are you okay

with your own party being embarrassed by it?

When I first registered to vote, way back in '78, I was supposedly a moderate. Then I was a bleeding heart liberal, and then I was the "looney fringe left." I don't know where there is to go from here. All without having changed my orientation. Sort of ALLLB: Authentic Leftist Liberal Left Behind."

[rbrnmw]

25. No I am not at all OK with my party being embarrassed by it

It should be a source of pride

[LWolf]

26. It SHOULD be.

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You are correct about that.