Some one here posted a thread that stated that Conservatives are stupid. I've decided to chime in with a thread that outlines things that Liberals believe that drives Conservates crazy. So here goes:
1. A good effort equals success.
No, trying hard isn't enough. Success is all that matters.
2. All kids playing little league should get a trophy.
No only the winner should get one. Kids that are expert get rewarded. This inspires kids who aren't as good to try harder.
3. Illegal aliens do work that regular Americans won't do.
Nope, not so. When I was a kid in the 50's and 60's all work done in the US was done by White and Black Americans. We tilled the fields, picked the grapes, mowed the lawns, made the beds and hammered the nails. No Mexicans anywhere.
4. Mexican workers are underpaid.
Not always. When I was living in Napa, California Mexican vinyard workers made $12 to $16 an hour, and received full medical benefits. No Whites worked in the vinyards. Not because they didn't want to but because the Mexians wouldn't let them.
5. Failure in Iraq will be good for Americans' future.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
6. When in doubt let the government do it.
The government is almost always a failure at whatever it trys to accomplish. Why then, assign it with more tasks?
7. Cubans are better off under Castro.
The lives of the citizens in Cuba were much better before Castro took over than they are now.
8. Oh, he's trying so hard give him an "A".
No, give "A's" to only those who earn them.
9. Big Oil is screwing Americans.
No, Big Oil is providing gasoline.
It's the Arabs who are screwing Americans. I do agree that things could be done by the oil companies so that they could provide cheaper gasoline. First step is to reduce regulations so that more refineries could be built more cheaply.
10. Nuclear power is dangerous.
No, it's safe. Most industrial nations use it. France gets 60% of its power from nuke plants. Employing nuclear power would go a long way to solve our energy crisis.
11. Drilling in ANWAR is evil.
Just the opposite. Some think there's as much oil in ANWAR as there is under the Saudi desert. Let's go after it. The footprint in ANWAR would be only a mile to so square. Little loss for the huge benefit it'd provide.
12. Social Welfare programs help the poor.
No, just the opposite. Welfare programs lock the poor into poverty. AFDC led to the breakdown of Black society, and didn't help the poor of other races as well. There are many example of how The Great Society hurt the poor, but the subject is too long and difficult to outline here.
13. All slaves in the US suffered terribly.
Not so, while I'm not a proponent of slavery, it's true that only 3% of Blacks imported from Africa came to the US. Under slavery the Culture of Black Americans thrived. We see the results of this throught out America society today. Jazz and some forms of tap dancing are examples. And don't forget a third of all Blacks living in the Ante Bellum South were freed men and women. Jim Crowe hadn't come about yet and didn't until Reconstruction. And a great many Black Americans, both free and slave owned slaves themselves.
Again, I do not support slavery in any way. But slaves came out of slavery pretty well, and some/many lived pretty good lives in bondage.
14. Before the arrival of Europeans in the New World the Indians lived idealic, peaceful lives.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. Indian cultures were in a constant state of vicious warfare.
15. Whites in the US wanted to slaughter the Indians.
No we wanted to eduate Indians and keep them safe from other Indians. Least most of the time. It was the Indians who were slaughtering fellow Indinas and Whites that caused the settlers to demand that soldiers be brought to the West to protect them from marauding Indians.
16. We should not have dropped the nuclear bombs on Japan.
Far from true. We saved many millions of lives, both Japanese and American by dropping those two bombs and thereby winning and ending World War II.
17. FDR was a great president.
No so. The New Deal was universally considered a failure in 1937. Social Security is/was a disaster. FDR gave victory to the Soviets after WWII.
18. Viet Nam was a bad war.
Nope. If we would have won many millions of people would both be alive and more prosperous now that they were after our defeat.
19. We should only allow people to speak to us if we agree with them.
This belief that is popular among the Left is atrocious. All people, even those who are wrong have a right to be heard.
20. Christians are evil.
By in large Christians are good. Sure they have had some rough history, but they learned and they genuinely believe in the goodness of peace and love.
21. Gay people are predisposed to be that way.
I suppose this may be true in some instances. But for the most part gays are "that way" because they want to be.
22. Radical Muslims are not a threat to American security.
The opposite is true. Three thousand dead Americans can attest to this very rear fact.
23. If it feels good do it.
No, if it's the right thing to do for most people then do it. If that is, it conforms to our cultural beliefs.
24. We can stop Global Warming.
The climate of the Earth is always in a state of flux. We can do nothing, or very little to change this fact.
25. Americans are evil.
American has done more to spread wealth and prosperity over the face of the Globe than any other country in history.
26. Capitalism is bad.
No, socialism is bad. Capitalism provides more goods and services as well as contented successful citizens than does any other economic system. Capitalism happens by itself. It's not created. Adam Smith did not cause capitalism to happen he just observed and codified it.
27. The rich exploit the poor.
The rich people employ the poor, so that they too can become rich. There are more rich workers in this country than in any other society in history.
I'm going to stop here, but as you can probably tell I could go on and on. And truthfully these are my concepts and possibly not all conservatives will agree with me every time. I've said some pretty controversial things here. You may want to debate some of my statements, but it's no use, because I'm always right.
