The 12 unspoken rules

[regulator 0]

There may be no official rule book for being a liberal, but that doesn't mean there aren't rules. There are actually quite a few rules liberals go by and the more politically active liberals become, the more rigidly they tend to stick to their own code of behavior. These rules, most of which are unspoken, are passed along culturally on the Left and viciously enforced. Ironically, many liberals could not explain these rules to you and don't even consciously know they're following them. So, by reading this article, not only will you gain a better understanding of liberals, you'll know them better than they know themselves in some ways

1) You justify your beliefs about yourself by your status as a liberal, not your deeds. The most sexist liberal can think of himself as a feminist while the greediest liberal can think of himself as generous. This is because liberals define themselves as being compassionate, open minded, kind, pro-science and intelligent not based on their actions or achievements, but based on their ideology. This is one of the most psychologically appealing aspects of liberalism because it allows you to be an awful person while still thinking of yourself as better than everyone else.

2) You exempt yourself from your attacks on America: Ever notice that liberals don’t include themselves in their attacks on America? When they say, “This is a racist country,” or “,This is a mean country,” they certainly aren’t referring to themselves or people who hold their views. Even though liberals supported the KKK, slaughtering the Indians, and putting the Japanese in internment camps, when they criticize those things, it’s meant as an attack on everyone else EXCEPT LIBERALS. The only thing a liberal believes he can truly do wrong is to be insufficiently liberal.

3) What liberals like should be mandatory and what they don’t like should be banned: There’s an almost instinctual form of fascism that runs through most liberals. It’s not enough for liberals to love gay marriage; everyone must be forced to love gay marriage. It’s not enough for liberals to be afraid of guns; guns have to be banned. It’s not enough for liberals to want to use energy-saving light bulbs; incandescent light bulbs must be banned. It’s not enough for liberals to make sure most speakers on campuses are left-wing; conservative speakers must be shouted down or blocked from speaking.

4) The past is always inferior to the present: Liberals tend to view traditions, policies, and morals of past generations as arbitrary designs put in place by less enlightened people. Because of this, liberals don’t pay much attention to why traditions developed or wonder about possible ramifications of their social engineering. It’s like an architect ripping out the foundation of a house without questioning the consequences and if the living room falls in on itself as a result, he concludes that means he needs to make even more changes.

5) Liberalism is a jealous god and no other God may come before it: A liberal “Christian” or “Jew” is almost an oxymoron because liberalism trumps faith for liberals. Taking your religious beliefs seriously means drawing hard lines about right and wrong and that’s simply not allowed. Liberals demand that even God bow down on the altar of liberalism.

6) Liberals believe in indiscriminateness for thought: This one was so good that I stole it from my buddy, Evan Sayet: ” Indiscriminateness of thought does not lead to indiscriminateness of policy. It leads the modern liberal to invariably side with evil over good, wrong over right and the behaviors that lead to failure over those that lead to success. Why? Very simply if nothing is to be recognized as better or worse than anything else then success is de facto unjust. There is no explanation for success if nothing is better than anything else and the greater the success the greater the injustice. Conversely and for the same reason, failure is de facto proof of victimization and the greater the failure, the greater the proof of the victim is, or the greater the victimization.”

7) Intentions are much more important than results: Liberals decide what programs to support based on whether they make them feel good or bad about themselves, not because they work or don’t work. A DDT ban that has killed millions is judged a success by liberals because it makes them feel as if they care about the environment. A government program that wastes billions and doesn’t work is a stunning triumph to the Left if it has a compassionate sounding name. It would be easier to convince a liberal to support a program by calling it the “Saving Women And Puppies Bill” than showing that it would save 100,000 lives.

8) The only real sins are helping conservatism or harming liberalism: Conservatives often marvel at the fact that liberals will happily elect every sort of pervert, deviant, and criminal you can imagine without a second thought. That’s because right and wrong don’t come into the picture for liberals. They have one standard: Does this politician help or hurt liberalism? If a politician helps liberalism, he has a free pass to do almost anything and many of them do just that.

9) All solutions must be government-oriented: Liberals may not be as down on government as conservatives are, but on some level, even they recognize that it doesn’t work very well. So, why are liberals so hell bent on centralizing as much power as possible in government? Simple, because they believe that they are better and smarter than everyone else by virtue of being liberals and centralized power gives them the opportunity to control more people’s lives. There’s nothing scarier to liberals than free people living their lives as they please without wanting or needing the government to nanny them.

10) You must be absolutely close minded: One of the key reasons liberals spend so much time vilifying people they don’t like and questioning their motivations is to protect themselves from having to consider their arguments. This helps create a completely closed system for liberals. Conservative arguments are considered wrong by default since they’re conservative and not worth hearing. On the other hand, liberals aren’t going to make conservative arguments. So, a liberal goes to a liberal school, watches liberal news, listens to liberal politicians, has liberal friends, and then convinces himself that conservatives are all hateful, evil, racist Nazis so that any stray conservatism he hears should be ignored. It makes liberal minds into perfectly closed loops that are impervious to anything other than liberal doctrine.

11) Feelings are more important than logic: Liberals base their positions on emotions, not facts and logic and then they work backwards to shore up their position. This is why it’s a waste of time to try to convince a liberal of anything based on logic. You don’t “logic” someone out of a position that he didn’t use “logic” to come up with in the first place.

12) Tribal affiliation is more important than individual action: There’s one set of rules for members of the tribe and one set of rules for everyone else. Lying, breaking the rules, or fomenting hatred against a liberal in good standing may be out of bounds, but there are no rules when dealing with outsiders, who are viewed either as potential recruits, dupes to be tricked, or foes to be defeated. This is the same backwards mentality you see in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, except it’s based on ideology, not religion.

http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2013/08/31/12-unspoken-rules-for-being-a-liberal-n1687730/page/full

[DanG 1]

And here are the twelve rules for conservatives:

1) You justify your beliefs about yourself by your status as a conservative, not your deeds.
2) You exempt yourself from your attacks on voters, i.e. Regulator, RonD, and rushmc using "low information voter" as an insult without irony.
3) What conservatives like should be mandatory and what they don’t like should be banned.
4) The past is always superior to the present.
5) Conservatism is a jealous god and no other God may come before it.
6) Conservatives believe in contempt for thought.
7) Intentions are much more important than results.
8) The only real sins are helping liberalism or harming conservatism.
9) All solutions must be market oriented.
10) You must be absolutely close minded.
11) Faith is more important than logic.
12) Tribal affiliation is more important than individual action.

- Dan G

[regulator 0]

#10 suits your 'counter-argument'

You must be absolutely close minded: One of the key reasons liberals spend so much time vilifying people they don’t like and questioning their motivations is to protect themselves from having to consider their arguments.

[DanG 1]

Are you even capable of understanding the irony here?

- Dan G

[lawrocket 3]

You're both correct.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[DanG 1]

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You're both correct.

No, we're both equally wrong.

The difference is that I know I'm wrong.

- Dan G

[yoink 321]

regulator

10) You must be absolutely close minded: One of the key reasons liberals spend so much time vilifying people they don’t like and questioning their motivations is to protect themselves from having to consider their arguments. This helps create a completely closed system for liberals. Conservative arguments are considered wrong by default since they’re conservative and not worth hearing. On the other hand, liberals aren’t going to make conservative arguments. So, a liberal goes to a liberal school, watches liberal news, listens to liberal politicians, has liberal friends, and then convinces himself that conservatives are all hateful, evil, racist Nazis so that any stray conservatism he hears should be ignored. It makes liberal minds into perfectly closed loops that are impervious to anything other than liberal doctrine.

Pot, meet Kettle.

[rushmc 18]

How close you are to the truth will be gauged by the level of the responses you receive

I, for one, am looking forward to them

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[jclalor 12]

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This is why it’s a waste of time to try to convince a liberal of anything based on logic. You don’t “logic” someone out of a position that he didn’t use “logic” to come up with in the first place.

Like when you try and convince everyone that the earth is only 6000 years old?

[jakee 1,271]

rushmc

How close you are to the truth will be gauged by the level of the responses you receive

Well, no. How close to the truth it is would be gauged, like everything else, by comparing the claims to reality.

What you can't do is make a bunch of intentionally insulting remarks about a group of people, receive angry remarks back and say "see, I told you they were closed minded!" That's called trolling, and says volumes more about you than the people you're trying to provoke.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[rushmc 18]

jakee

***How close you are to the truth will be gauged by the level of the responses you receive

Well, no. How close to the truth it is would be gauged, like everything else, by comparing the claims to reality.

What you can't do is make a bunch of intentionally insulting remarks about a group of people, receive angry remarks back and say "see, I told you they were closed minded!" That's called trolling, and says volumes more about you than the people you're trying to provoke.

The threads that get the most vitriolic posts are those threads like this one that are close to being truthfull. You calling others trolls demonstrates the point quite nicely

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[jakee 1,271]

rushmc

The threads that get the most vitriolic posts are those threads like this one that are close to being truthful.

Then since this thread has not had the desired effect and has failed to draw any vitriol you must concede that it is untruthful.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[Stumpy 256]

Meh. Troll quality, 1 out of 10. Lame and boring. Next!

Never try to eat more than you can lift

[winsor 187]

jclalor

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This is why it’s a waste of time to try to convince a liberal of anything based on logic. You don’t “logic” someone out of a position that he didn’t use “logic” to come up with in the first place.

Like when you try and convince everyone that the earth is only 6000 years old?

Dude, the year is 5775.

6,000? Sheesh.

[kallend 1,672]

winsor

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This is why it’s a waste of time to try to convince a liberal of anything based on logic. You don’t “logic” someone out of a position that he didn’t use “logic” to come up with in the first place.

Like when you try and convince everyone that the earth is only 6000 years old?

Dude, the year is 5775.

6,000? Sheesh.

Shows how much YOU know. The date and time of the Creation is definitively known to have been nightfall preceding 23 October 4004 BC.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[rehmwa 2]

I know liberals that meet all 12.
.....they are the fanatical fringe 'edge of the envelope' liberals

I also know cons that are just as bad on their end. also a tiny proportion too


trying to categorize thousands of people by pretending they are just like their own fringies doesn't help anyone

however, it does make for 99% of Speakers Corner content....so we have that going for us "hey, you said something slightly off center, therefore you MUST believe this whole list of crap I've pulled off of comical stereotyped characterization - I'll attack accordingly"

that said - I enjoy these lists because they are extremely out there letting see little bits of those observations in so many people (but "little bits" is a heck of a long ways from "hey, you ALL are 12 for 12 on the hit parade")

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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

[winsor 187]

kallend

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This is why it’s a waste of time to try to convince a liberal of anything based on logic. You don’t “logic” someone out of a position that he didn’t use “logic” to come up with in the first place.

Like when you try and convince everyone that the earth is only 6000 years old?

Dude, the year is 5775.

6,000? Sheesh.

Shows how much YOU know. The date and time of the Creation is definitively known to have been nightfall preceding 23 October 4004 BC.

I am pretty sure Adam was created knowing what day it was, how to count, what a year was, what was the significance of the date, and exactly how long it took for everything to come about.

The idea that it is simply Bronze Age mythology adopted from various cultures at one time or another, as might be suggested by close analysis of cuneiform records, which appear to predate the appearance of similar parts of Hebrew lore, is obviously misinformed.

It is my suspicion that all the original records were eaten by a T. Rex over 100 years before the Flood, and that what we have are good faith reconstructions.

I am still a little fuzzy as to whether Adam was created on 6 Tishrei or the universe was created in Elul and 1 Tishrei was the birthday of the Very First Person Ever. Very important stuff, that.


BSBD,

Winsor

[kallend 1,672]

winsor

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This is why it’s a waste of time to try to convince a liberal of anything based on logic. You don’t “logic” someone out of a position that he didn’t use “logic” to come up with in the first place.

Like when you try and convince everyone that the earth is only 6000 years old?

Dude, the year is 5775.

6,000? Sheesh.

Shows how much YOU know. The date and time of the Creation is definitively known to have been nightfall preceding 23 October 4004 BC.

I am pretty sure Adam was created knowing what day it was, how to count, what a year was, what was the significance of the date, and exactly how long it took for everything to come about.

The idea that it is simply Bronze Age mythology adopted from various cultures at one time or another, as might be suggested by close analysis of cuneiform records, which appear to predate the appearance of similar parts of Hebrew lore, is obviously misinformed.

It is my suspicion that all the original records were eaten by a T. Rex over 100 years before the Flood, and that what we have are good faith reconstructions.

I am still a little fuzzy as to whether Adam was created on 6 Tishrei or the universe was created in Elul and 1 Tishrei was the birthday of the Very First Person Ever. Very important stuff, that.


BSBD,

Winsor

Well, the really vexing question is - did Adam have a navel?

That, and why did he have boy-bits if there were no women around?

Oh, and why did god need a guy's rib to make a woman when he could create the entire universe from nothing?

And what happened to the Y chromosomes in the rib?

And.............

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[champu 1]

kallend

Oh, and why did god need a guy's rib to make a woman when he could create the entire universe from nothing?

Picture a creature the size of a human being but with a skeletal structure that consisted of just one human rib.

/edit: queue jokes about the legislature...

[billvon 2,463]

>How close you are to the truth will be gauged by the level of the responses you
>receive

Because truth is determined by how popular or unpopular you are? Interesting worldview.

(eagerly awaiting your next denunciation of polls . . . .)

[rushmc 18]

billvon

>How close you are to the truth will be gauged by the level of the responses you
>receive

Because truth is determined by how popular or unpopular you are? Interesting worldview.

(eagerly awaiting your next denunciation of polls . . . .)

Not what I said
but I am used to this kind of responce from you

most of the time anyway

and what polls do you speak of?

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[billvon 2,463]

>and what polls do you speak of?

What are these "polls" you speak of? I am unfamiliar with these things . . .

I'll remind you the next time you object to one (or tout one.)

[rushmc 18]

billvon

>and what polls do you speak of?

What are these "polls" you speak of? I am unfamiliar with these things . . .

I'll remind you the next time you object to one (or tout one.)

You inserted polling into this thread
Not sure why
But then, I do not understand many of the direction changes you put into different threads

Oh well.........

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[SkyDekker 1,150]

rushmc

***>and what polls do you speak of?

What are these "polls" you speak of? I am unfamiliar with these things . . .

I'll remind you the next time you object to one (or tout one.)

You inserted polling into this thread
Not sure why
But then, I do not understand many of the direction changes you put into different threads

Oh well.........

WOOSH

[Andy9o8 0]

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and what polls do you speak of?

Only the popular ones.