Libertarians and Communists: Two Sides of the Same Douchenozzle

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49. I guess. If one considers being a liberal a political statement.

I suppose it would depend on if one considers themselves a liberal because they vote for Democrats or if one votes for Democrats because they are a liberal.

I'm certainly not asking people to retire in poverty, I am only asking them not to increase the suffering of others to comfort only themselves. I don't consider that a political statement. I call it the beating heart of a liberal conscience.
I don't want to earn a dollar when an Iraqi child losses his legs, when a dolphin chokes out in sludge, as third world people struggling for democracy, for liberalism, are crushed under treads. I wouldn't feel comfortable earning money every time someone is denied a life saving operation, a water table is poisoned, a hole opens in the tundra. If forming a symbiotic relationship with and funding the efforts at climate denial and groups like the Heritage Foundation are what it takes not to retire in poverty. Well, then poverty it is.

Maybe I just have a high regard for the liberals I have known and read about. I feel that many of them probably feel the same way. I certainly hear them saying the right things.
Sadly though, just as we see in our elected "liberal" politicians these days. It appears many are extremely good at talking the talk, just unable to walk the walk.