MDFrench
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To the fine men and women who frequent this forum,
I greatly appreciate the free exchange of ideas on this forum and the fact that this is a place where we can vent our frustrations with society without fear of alienation or repercussion.
However, I would like to make an observation. While I personally am politically fairly moderate with a lean towards conservative values, I sometimes feel that people with liberal ideas are grouped under the negative monniker of "liberal" as defined in the extreme.
Just because someone has liberal ideas does not necessarily mean that they are a liberal extremist or anti-American Communist. There is a person in my life who is liberal, one who has had a profound and positive influence on my life and my growth as a human being -- My mother.
I have been blessed with loving parents, and my mother was integral in my upbringing, always there at my side, always nuturing and caring, and quick to impress upon me right and wrong and the value of religious convictions. And yes, she is of a more liberal point-of-view, but she is the most moral and upstanding woman I have ever known, and I think I turned out quite all right by any standard.
The 1930s and 1940s were spearheaded by one of our greatest Presidents, who I believe if memory serves was a Democrat. While the Democrats of today may or may not be of his ilk, let us remember that there are many liberals out there that are moral people, just as there are conservatives who preach hypocrisies and do wrong.
One of the most important ideas my mother taught me was that generalizing people in groups can often lead to misunderstandings. Not every conservative is a facist, not every liberal a communist.
Thanks for your time guys. Hope you are all well.
With all sincerity,
Michael
I greatly appreciate the free exchange of ideas on this forum and the fact that this is a place where we can vent our frustrations with society without fear of alienation or repercussion.
However, I would like to make an observation. While I personally am politically fairly moderate with a lean towards conservative values, I sometimes feel that people with liberal ideas are grouped under the negative monniker of "liberal" as defined in the extreme.
Just because someone has liberal ideas does not necessarily mean that they are a liberal extremist or anti-American Communist. There is a person in my life who is liberal, one who has had a profound and positive influence on my life and my growth as a human being -- My mother.
I have been blessed with loving parents, and my mother was integral in my upbringing, always there at my side, always nuturing and caring, and quick to impress upon me right and wrong and the value of religious convictions. And yes, she is of a more liberal point-of-view, but she is the most moral and upstanding woman I have ever known, and I think I turned out quite all right by any standard.
The 1930s and 1940s were spearheaded by one of our greatest Presidents, who I believe if memory serves was a Democrat. While the Democrats of today may or may not be of his ilk, let us remember that there are many liberals out there that are moral people, just as there are conservatives who preach hypocrisies and do wrong.
One of the most important ideas my mother taught me was that generalizing people in groups can often lead to misunderstandings. Not every conservative is a facist, not every liberal a communist.
Thanks for your time guys. Hope you are all well.
With all sincerity,
Michael