Reply #56: Well I'm sure as hell not a conservative.

[FeebMaster]

"What is it about your political opinions that leads you to characterize yourself as "liberal"? (Assuming you do, or you wouldn't be here. Although feel free to answer for "progressive", as I might.)"

I don't characterize myself as a liberal. I guess you could consider me progressive, whatever the hell that's supposed to mean, since I'm certainly not a conservative. Frankly I think conservative, liberal, and progressive are completely meaningless words and the sooner people realize that the better off we'll all be. The real political split, as I see it, is between authoritarians and not authoritarians. I'd say libertarians, but those lesser of two evils jackasses seem to have hijacked that one.


"Perhaps I should ask put it a different way.

What is it about your political opinions that would prompt anyone else, applying any commonly accepted definition of the word, to characterize you as "liberal" ("progressive")?"

Well what is the commonly accepted definition of the word? If I were to go up into a mandatory national service thread in GD, are the liberals the ones arguing for mandatory national service or against mandatory national service? In all these gun control threads, are the liberals arguing for gun control or against it? In a thread about the drug war are the liberals arguing for the drug war or against it? When we discuss suicide, are the liberals arguing for the right to die or against it? I'm arguing for the pro-choice option in all of those threads or whatever is likely to result in the most freedom. So why don't you tell me which side is the liberal side and let me know if I'm on it.


"I'm not sayin' nuttin. I'm just asking."

Right. If you don't like me posting here why don't you go cry to the administration and ask them to ban me? I'm nothing if not respectful of private property and will be more than happy to abide by their decision.