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thornylicious:

I'll personally dance with glee when liberals are no longer grouped with socialists, fascists (that's a real joke), communists, atheists, et al.

But some on the left are fascists; Key word is "some", they do exist.

If I had to toss out some more generalizing, I'd say you see more condenscion on the Left, but more holier-than-thou certitude from the Right.

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ORIGINAL: Moonhead

If they're on the left, surely they can't be fascists as that isn't a very leftist approach?

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ORIGINAL: Thadius


Where did I suggest that there weren't folks on the right that spouted off in a condescending way?

Should I now go and grab quotes from Rachel Maddow? How about Harry Knox?

See where that whole debate goes? It goes nowhere but in a circle deeper and deeper into the mud.

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ORIGINAL: Moonhead

You're entitled to your opinion, and no question that there's a lot of control freaks on the left, but that isn't even close to matching the definition of fascism. It has to be nationalist and hard right as well as authoritarian.
I'm dubious that single issue groups like PETA and the monkeywrenchers are technically part of the left, either. Just because the right wants nothing to do with them, that doesn't mean that the other side does.

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

A nice, gentle, bit of analysis about behaviors we get see around here on a regular basis.  Probably too gentle.
 
Every political community includes some members who insist that their side has all the answers and that their adversaries are idiots. But American liberals, to a degree far surpassing conservatives, appear committed to the proposition that their views are correct, self-evident, and based on fact and reason, while conservative positions are not just wrong but illegitimate, ideological and unworthy of serious consideration. Indeed, all the appeals to bipartisanship notwithstanding, President Obama and other leading liberal voices have joined in a chorus of intellectual condescension.

Why are liberals so condescending?

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ORIGINAL: truckinslave
Liberalism is based entirely on emotion.

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ORIGINAL: MrMister

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

A nice, gentle, bit of analysis about behaviors we get see around here on a regular basis.  Probably too gentle.
 
Every political community includes some members who insist that their side has all the answers and that their adversaries are idiots. But American liberals, to a degree far surpassing conservatives, appear committed to the proposition that their views are correct, self-evident, and based on fact and reason, while conservative positions are not just wrong but illegitimate, ideological and unworthy of serious consideration. Indeed, all the appeals to bipartisanship notwithstanding, President Obama and other leading liberal voices have joined in a chorus of intellectual condescension.

Why are liberals so condescending?

Both sides can be equally frustrating to me. I usually am around more conservative people due to location, and therefore seem to butt head with "why don't we just bomb the shit out of them" type of thought more than liberal stuff. That is until I log onto the CM message board!

The way I perceive this is thus; it's got nothing to do with left - right, liberal or conservative, political party or anything like that.

There are two basic kinds of people. There are those who are self owners, and are responsible for themselves. They have no interest in controlling the lives or property of others.

Then there are all the rest who, to various degrees, DO think they should control others and their property. They have various motives, the worst being "for your own good" or "for the children" - especially when they really, truly mean that.

Far as I'm concerned, that's it in a nutshell. The brain damaged controllers sneer because they don't own their own lives,  don't understand why they should... and can't accept that anyone else would even want to do so.

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ORIGINAL: truckinslave
How long will it take liberals to understand that without free markets there is nothing but debt behind their treasured government programs?

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ORIGINAL: Moonhead

Satire is based on contempt for its subject: there's little that's any more condescending.