You know...
I have often wondered to myself what on earth could make a person become a conservative. Were they reprimanded for bullying poor kids in grade school? Did images of the crying Indian in the anti-litter commercials haunt their sleeping ten year-old minds? Or was it simply that they were raised by heartless, self-absorbed oil barons and logging tycoons and are only looking to make Daddy proud? We may never know. But whether or not we ever discover the reasons behind the conservatives' madness, it seems that they can't understand the liberal mindset, either. What a crazy mixed-up world, huh kids?
Hear the conservatives cry out, "Liberals don't want to believe in human evil!"
It's almost as if they actually believe they have it all wrapped up. Well boys, before you start patting each other on the back and lighting up the oversized guitars for solving the liberal jigsaw puzzle, let's think about this one for a minute. The left and the right, by definition, disagree on nearly every basic issue that can even elicit dissent. So just why would we agree on what constitutes evil? I, for one, think George W. Bush is evil. [Sound of secret service knocking on the door... "Uh, I mean, I love our president! Look, I have a flag in the window!" ...Sound of placated secret service waddling off to harass anti-war protesters... "Whew."] The idea that one man, elected not by the people but by a select few ancients in black robes, has the power to force us to war whether we want it or not - that's evil. The systematic dismantling of decades of progressive environmental reform, a president with close ties to the nation's largest disreputably-managed companies, agencies specifically designed to impose Orwellian intrusions upon privacy with complete disregard to the fundamental rights bestowed by our Constitution - that's evil.
Conservatives, don't go crying that liberals don't believe in human evil... Because we do.
Just look at yourselves.
I have often wondered to myself what on earth could make a person become a conservative. Were they reprimanded for bullying poor kids in grade school? Did images of the crying Indian in the anti-litter commercials haunt their sleeping ten year-old minds? Or was it simply that they were raised by heartless, self-absorbed oil barons and logging tycoons and are only looking to make Daddy proud? We may never know. But whether or not we ever discover the reasons behind the conservatives' madness, it seems that they can't understand the liberal mindset, either. What a crazy mixed-up world, huh kids?
Hear the conservatives cry out, "Liberals don't want to believe in human evil!"
It's almost as if they actually believe they have it all wrapped up. Well boys, before you start patting each other on the back and lighting up the oversized guitars for solving the liberal jigsaw puzzle, let's think about this one for a minute. The left and the right, by definition, disagree on nearly every basic issue that can even elicit dissent. So just why would we agree on what constitutes evil? I, for one, think George W. Bush is evil. [Sound of secret service knocking on the door... "Uh, I mean, I love our president! Look, I have a flag in the window!" ...Sound of placated secret service waddling off to harass anti-war protesters... "Whew."] The idea that one man, elected not by the people but by a select few ancients in black robes, has the power to force us to war whether we want it or not - that's evil. The systematic dismantling of decades of progressive environmental reform, a president with close ties to the nation's largest disreputably-managed companies, agencies specifically designed to impose Orwellian intrusions upon privacy with complete disregard to the fundamental rights bestowed by our Constitution - that's evil.
Conservatives, don't go crying that liberals don't believe in human evil... Because we do.
Just look at yourselves.
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